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Recognised as Colour

#C311EC

  • #C311EC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#C311EC is a violet with RGB values 195, 17, 236 and HSL 289°, 87%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#C311EC#C311EC
HEX#C311EC
RGBrgb(195, 17, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.7647, 0.0667, 0.9255
RGB percentages76.5%, 6.7%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(288.8, 86.6%, 49.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(288.8, 92.8%, 92.5%)
CMYK17.4%, 92.8%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,784,108
CSS custom property--colour: #C311EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18059WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness133.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.61:1
Contrast with white4.55:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.61:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#474747
Inverted#3CEE13

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006CF1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 59.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#1F7BE8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 71.3 from the original
Tritanopia#C1538Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.55:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 13.6Blue violet · ΔE 18.3Fuchsia · ΔE 18.4Magenta · ΔE 18.4Dark orchid · ΔE 22.4Medium orchid · ΔE 33.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 13.57, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3AEC11
Analogous#5511EC, #EC11A8
Triadic#ECC311, #11ECC3
Split complementary#A7EC11, #11EC56
Tetradic#EC5611, #3AEC11, #11A8EC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3CEFB
Lighter +30%#E79EF8
Lighter +20%#DB6EF5
Lighter +10%#D03FF1
Darker −10%#9C0EBC
Darker −20%#740A8D
Darker −30%#4D075D
Darker −40%#26032E
More saturated +25%#CE00FD
Less saturated −25%#AF31CC

Channel breakdown

R195
G17
B236
Red195 (76.5%)
Green17 (6.7%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue288.77°
Saturation (HSL)86.56%
Lightness49.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C3 · G 11 · B EC

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