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Recognised as Colour

#C19BDD

  • #C19BDD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#C19BDD is a violet with RGB values 193, 155, 221 and HSL 275°, 49%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#C19BDD#C19BDD
HEX#C19BDD
RGBrgb(193, 155, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.7569, 0.6078, 0.8667
RGB percentages75.7%, 60.8%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(274.5, 49.3%, 73.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274.5, 29.9%, 86.7%)
CMYK12.7%, 29.9%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,688,349
CSS custom property--colour: #C19BDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40001WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9:1
Contrast with white2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#3E6422

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#90A8E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#98AADBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.4 from the original
Tritanopia#BEA4B3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 9.6Thistle · ΔE 25.4Cornflower blue · ΔE 28.1Medium purple · ΔE 28.3Orchid · ΔE 30.4Violet · ΔE 31.3
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 9.62, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B7DD9B
Analogous#A09BDD, #DD9BD8
Triadic#DDC19B, #9BDDC1
Split complementary#D8DD9B, #9BDDA0
Tetradic#DDA09B, #B7DD9B, #9BD8DD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F0E7F7
Lighter +10%#D9C1EA
Darker −10%#A975D0
Darker −20%#924FC3
Darker −30%#7839A6
Darker −40%#5C2C80
More saturated +25%#C48AEE
Less saturated −25%#BEACCC

Channel breakdown

R193
G155
B221
Red193 (75.7%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue274.55°
Saturation (HSL)49.25%
Lightness73.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C1 · G 9B · B DD

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