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Recognised as Colour

#C17FFD

  • #C17FFD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#C17FFD is a violet with RGB values 193, 127, 253 and HSL 271°, 97%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#C17FFD#C17FFD
HEX#C17FFD
RGBrgb(193, 127, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.7569, 0.498, 0.9922
RGB percentages75.7%, 49.8%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(271.4, 96.9%, 74.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(271.4, 49.8%, 99.2%)
CMYK23.7%, 49.8%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,681,213
CSS custom property--colour: #C17FFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33608WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.72:1
Contrast with white2.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#3E8002

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5A9AFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#6E9DFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.9 from the original
Tritanopia#B895B2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.72:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 15.6Medium orchid · ΔE 16.3Violet · ΔE 18.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 18.9Orchid · ΔE 20.1Slate blue · ΔE 23.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 15.61, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BBFD7F
Analogous#827FFD, #FD7FFA
Triadic#FDC17F, #7FFDC1
Split complementary#FAFD7F, #7FFD82
Tetradic#FD827F, #BBFD7F, #7FFAFD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F2E3FF
Lighter +10%#D9B1FE
Darker −10%#A94DFC
Darker −20%#901BFB
Darker −30%#7703E0
Darker −40%#5C03AD
More saturated +25%#C17DFF
Less saturated −25%#C08FED

Channel breakdown

R193
G127
B253
Red193 (75.7%)
Green127 (49.8%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue271.43°
Saturation (HSL)96.92%
Lightness74.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C1 · G 7F · B FD

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