Colour

#C259E7

#C259E7
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium orchid

#C259E7 is a violet with RGB values 194, 89, 231 and HSL 284°, 75%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

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HEX#C259E7

RGBrgb(194, 89, 231)

RGB (0–1)0.7608, 0.349, 0.9059

RGB percentages76.1%, 34.9%, 90.6%

HSLhsl(284.4, 74.7%, 62.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(284.4, 61.5%, 90.6%)

CMYK16%, 61.5%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,736,999

CSS custom property--colour: #C259E7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24384WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness148.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.88:1

Contrast with white3.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.88:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7A7A7A

Inverted#3DA618

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2A81EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#5A8BE4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.9 from the original

Tritanopia#C07298no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.57:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 8.3 Dark orchid · ΔE 14.5 Orchid · ΔE 22.1 Violet · ΔE 22.8 Medium slateblue · ΔE 25.1 Blue violet · ΔE 26

Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 8.33, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7EE759

Analogous#7B59E7, #E759C5

Triadic#E7C259, #59E7C2

Split complementary#C5E759, #59E77B

Tetradic#E77B59, #7EE759, #59C5E7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F3DFFA

Lighter +20%#E3B2F4

Lighter +10%#D286ED

Darker −10%#B22CE1

Darker −20%#941CBE

Darker −30%#711592

Darker −40%#4F0F65

More saturated +25%#CD41FF

Less saturated −25%#B771CF

Channel breakdown

R194

G89

B231

Red194 (76.1%)

Green89 (34.9%)

Blue231 (90.6%)

Hue284.37°

Saturation (HSL)74.74%

Lightness62.75%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR C2 · G 59 · B E7

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