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Recognised as Colour

#C199E2

  • #C199E2
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#C199E2 is a violet with RGB values 193, 153, 226 and HSL 273°, 56%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#C199E2#C199E2
HEX#C199E2
RGBrgb(193, 153, 226)
RGB (0–1)0.7569, 0.6, 0.8863
RGB percentages75.7%, 60%, 88.6%
HSLhsl(272.9, 55.7%, 74.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(272.9, 32.3%, 88.6%)
CMYK14.6%, 32.3%, 0%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,687,842
CSS custom property--colour: #C199E2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39611WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.92:1
Contrast with white2.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#3E661D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8CA7E5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#94AAE0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.4 from the original
Tritanopia#BDA3B4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.35:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 11.1Medium purple · ΔE 24.9Cornflower blue · ΔE 27.2Orchid · ΔE 27.7Violet · ΔE 28.4Thistle · ΔE 29
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 11.05, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BAE299
Analogous#9C99E2, #E299DF
Triadic#E2C199, #99E2C1
Split complementary#DEE299, #99E29D
Tetradic#E29D99, #BAE299, #99DFE2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F1E8F9
Lighter +10%#D9C1ED
Darker −10%#A971D7
Darker −20%#914ACB
Darker −30%#7732B0
Darker −40%#5C2788
More saturated +25%#C389F2
Less saturated −25%#BFA9D2

Channel breakdown

R193
G153
B226
Red193 (75.7%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue226 (88.6%)
Hue272.88°
Saturation (HSL)55.73%
Lightness74.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C1 · G 99 · B E2

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