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Recognised as Colour

#C185FD

  • #C185FD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#C185FD is a violet with RGB values 193, 133, 253 and HSL 270°, 97%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#C185FD#C185FD
HEX#C185FD
RGBrgb(193, 133, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.7569, 0.5216, 0.9922
RGB percentages75.7%, 52.2%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(270, 96.8%, 75.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270, 47.4%, 99.2%)
CMYK23.7%, 47.4%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,682,749
CSS custom property--colour: #C185FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35204WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.04:1
Contrast with white2.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#3E7A02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#649EFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#74A0FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.2 from the original
Tritanopia#B79AB5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.61:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 14Violet · ΔE 18.6Medium orchid · ΔE 18.8Orchid · ΔE 19.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 20.1Slate blue · ΔE 23.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 13.98, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C1FD85
Analogous#8585FD, #FD85FD
Triadic#FDC185, #85FDC1
Split complementary#FDFD85, #85FD85
Tetradic#FD8585, #C1FD85, #85FDFD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F4E9FF
Lighter +10%#DBB7FE
Darker −10%#A853FC
Darker −20%#8E21FB
Darker −30%#7504E5
Darker −40%#5B03B3
More saturated +25%#C183FF
Less saturated −25%#C194ED

Channel breakdown

R193
G133
B253
Red193 (75.7%)
Green133 (52.2%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue270°
Saturation (HSL)96.77%
Lightness75.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C1 · G 85 · B FD

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