Colour

#C19AC9

#C19AC9
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#C19AC9 is a violet with RGB values 193, 154, 201 and HSL 290°, 30%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

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HEX#C19AC9

RGBrgb(193, 154, 201)

RGB (0–1)0.7569, 0.6039, 0.7882

RGB percentages75.7%, 60.4%, 78.8%

HSLhsl(289.8, 30.3%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(289.8, 23.4%, 78.8%)

CMYK4%, 23.4%, 0%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,688,073

CSS custom property--colour: #C19AC9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38666WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness172.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.73:1

Contrast with white2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6

Inverted#3E6536

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#95A4CBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#9EA9C7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.3 from the original

Tritanopia#C29FAAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 11.4 Thistle · ΔE 17.7 Light steelblue · ΔE 26.3 Rosy brown · ΔE 26.3 Pink · ΔE 26.7 Light pink · ΔE 27.3

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 11.4, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A2C99A

Analogous#A99AC9, #C99ABA

Triadic#C9C19A, #9AC9C1

Split complementary#BAC99A, #9AC9AA

Tetradic#C9A99A, #A2C99A, #9ABAC9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEFEFE

Lighter +20%#EADCED

Lighter +10%#D5BBDB

Darker −10%#AD79B7

Darker −20%#9858A5

Darker −30%#794684

Darker −40%#5B3562

More saturated +25%#CE87DC

Less saturated −25%#B4ADB6

Channel breakdown

R193

G154

B201

Red193 (75.7%)

Green154 (60.4%)

Blue201 (78.8%)

Hue289.79°

Saturation (HSL)30.32%

Lightness69.61%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR C1 · G 9A · B C9

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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