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Recognised as Colour

#C36ED7

  • #C36ED7
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Orchid

#C36ED7 is a violet with RGB values 195, 110, 215 and HSL 289°, 57%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orchid.

Colour values

#C36ED7#C36ED7
HEX#C36ED7
RGBrgb(195, 110, 215)
RGB (0–1)0.7647, 0.4314, 0.8431
RGB percentages76.5%, 43.1%, 84.3%
HSLhsl(288.6, 56.8%, 63.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(288.6, 48.8%, 84.3%)
CMYK9.3%, 48.8%, 0%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,807,895
CSS custom property--colour: #C36ED7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2766WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness154.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.53:1
Contrast with white3.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.53:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#888888
Inverted#3C9128

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5C8ADBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42 from the original
Deuteranopia#7693D4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.3 from the original
Tritanopia#C47C99no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.21:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orchid · ΔE 8.5Violet · ΔE 12.4Medium orchid · ΔE 13Medium purple · ΔE 17.1Slate blue · ΔE 26.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 27.7
Nearest named CSS colourOrchid (#DA70D6)ΔE 8.49, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#82D76E
Analogous#8E6ED7, #D76EB7
Triadic#D7C36E, #6ED7C3
Split complementary#B7D76E, #6ED78E
Tetradic#D78E6E, #82D76E, #6EB7D7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5E6F8
Lighter +20%#E4BEED
Lighter +10%#D496E2
Darker −10%#B246CC
Darker −20%#9730AF
Darker −30%#742587
Darker −40%#521A5F
More saturated +25%#D157EE
Less saturated −25%#B585C0

Channel breakdown

R195
G110
B215
Red195 (76.5%)
Green110 (43.1%)
Blue215 (84.3%)
Hue288.57°
Saturation (HSL)56.76%
Lightness63.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C3 · G 6E · B D7

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