Colour

#C199EF

#C199EF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#C199EF is a violet with RGB values 193, 153, 239 and HSL 268°, 73%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#C199EF#C199EF

HEX#C199EF

RGBrgb(193, 153, 239)

RGB (0–1)0.7569, 0.6, 0.9373

RGB percentages75.7%, 60%, 93.7%

HSLhsl(267.9, 72.9%, 76.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(267.9, 36%, 93.7%)

CMYK19.2%, 36%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,687,855

CSS custom property--colour: #C199EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40352WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness177.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.07:1

Contrast with white2.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8

Inverted#3E6610

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#86A9F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#8FAAEDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.2 from the original

Tritanopia#BAA6B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 16.2 Medium purple · ΔE 20 Violet · ΔE 25 Orchid · ΔE 25.1 Cornflower blue · ΔE 26.1 Slate blue · ΔE 31.9

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 16.17, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#C7EF99

Analogous#999CEF, #EC99EF

Triadic#EFC199, #99EFC1

Split complementary#EFEC99, #9CEF99

Tetradic#EF999C, #C7EF99, #99EFEC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F7F1FD

Lighter +10%#DCC5F6

Darker −10%#A66DE8

Darker −20%#8B41E1

Darker −30%#7120CF

Darker −40%#5919A3

More saturated +25%#C08AFE

Less saturated −25%#C2A8E0

Channel breakdown

R193

G153

B239

Red193 (75.7%)

Green153 (60%)

Blue239 (93.7%)

Hue267.91°

Saturation (HSL)72.88%

Lightness76.86%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR C1 · G 99 · B EF

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