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Recognised as Colour

#C25AE4

  • #C25AE4
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#C25AE4 is a violet with RGB values 194, 90, 228 and HSL 285°, 72%, 62%. 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

#C25AE4#C25AE4
HEX#C25AE4
RGBrgb(194, 90, 228)
RGB (0–1)0.7608, 0.3529, 0.8941
RGB percentages76.1%, 35.3%, 89.4%
HSLhsl(285.2, 71.9%, 62.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285.2, 60.5%, 89.4%)
CMYK14.9%, 60.5%, 0%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,737,252
CSS custom property--colour: #C25AE4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24383WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.1 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#3DA51B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3181E8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#5D8BE1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.2 from the original
Tritanopia#C17297no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.8 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 6.5Dark orchid · ΔE 15.5Orchid · ΔE 20.3Violet · ΔE 21.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 25Medium purple · ΔE 25.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 6.5, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7CE45A
Analogous#7D5AE4, #E45AC1
Triadic#E4C25A, #5AE4C2
Split complementary#C1E45A, #5AE47D
Tetradic#E47D5A, #7CE45A, #5AC1E4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F3DDFA
Lighter +20%#E2B2F2
Lighter +10%#D286EB
Darker −10%#B22EDD
Darker −20%#931EBA
Darker −30%#71178E
Darker −40%#4E1062
More saturated +25%#CE42FC
Less saturated −25%#B672CC

Channel breakdown

R194
G90
B228
Red194 (76.1%)
Green90 (35.3%)
Blue228 (89.4%)
Hue285.22°
Saturation (HSL)71.88%
Lightness62.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C2 · G 5A · B E4

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