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Recognised as Colour

#C35AFD

  • #C35AFD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#C35AFD is a violet with RGB values 195, 90, 253 and HSL 279°, 98%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#C35AFD#C35AFD
HEX#C35AFD
RGBrgb(195, 90, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.7647, 0.3529, 0.9922
RGB percentages76.5%, 35.3%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(278.7, 97.6%, 67.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278.7, 64.4%, 99.2%)
CMYK22.9%, 64.4%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,802,813
CSS custom property--colour: #C35AFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26006WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.2:1
Contrast with white3.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.2:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7C7C7C
Inverted#3CA502

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0086FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#488DF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.9 from the original
Tritanopia#BC7BA4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 63.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.39:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 15.3Medium orchid · ΔE 18.9Blue violet · ΔE 19.4Dark violet · ΔE 21.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 26.9Fuchsia · ΔE 31.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 15.29, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#94FD5A
Analogous#725AFD, #FD5AE5
Triadic#FDC35A, #5AFDC3
Split complementary#E5FD5A, #5AFD72
Tetradic#FD725A, #94FD5A, #5AE5FD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAF1FF
Lighter +20%#E8BFFE
Lighter +10%#D58CFE
Darker −10%#B128FC
Darker −20%#9A03EE
Darker −30%#7A02BC
Darker −40%#590289
More saturated +25%#C458FF
Less saturated −25%#BD6FE8

Channel breakdown

R195
G90
B253
Red195 (76.5%)
Green90 (35.3%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue278.65°
Saturation (HSL)97.6%
Lightness67.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C3 · G 5A · B FD

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