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Recognised as Colour

#C26DE4

  • #C26DE4
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#C26DE4 is a violet with RGB values 194, 109, 228 and HSL 283°, 69%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#C26DE4#C26DE4
HEX#C26DE4
RGBrgb(194, 109, 228)
RGB (0–1)0.7608, 0.4275, 0.8941
RGB percentages76.1%, 42.7%, 89.4%
HSLhsl(282.9, 68.8%, 66.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(282.9, 52.2%, 89.4%)
CMYK14.9%, 52.2%, 0%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,742,116
CSS custom property--colour: #C26DE4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28008WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.6:1
Contrast with white3.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.6:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#888888
Inverted#3D921B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#528BE8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#6D93E1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.4 from the original
Tritanopia#C0809Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.18:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 8.8Orchid · ΔE 13.2Violet · ΔE 14.6Medium purple · ΔE 17.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 23.2Dark orchid · ΔE 24.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 8.83, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8FE46D
Analogous#876DE4, #E46DCB
Triadic#E4C26D, #6DE4C2
Split complementary#CAE46D, #6DE487
Tetradic#E4876D, #8FE46D, #6DCAE4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8EEFC
Lighter +20%#E6C3F4
Lighter +10%#D498EC
Darker −10%#B042DC
Darker −20%#9825C6
Darker −30%#771D9B
Darker −40%#561570
More saturated +25%#CB57FA
Less saturated −25%#B983CE

Channel breakdown

R194
G109
B228
Red194 (76.1%)
Green109 (42.7%)
Blue228 (89.4%)
Hue282.86°
Saturation (HSL)68.79%
Lightness66.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C2 · G 6D · B E4

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