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Recognised as Colour

#C379DA

  • #C379DA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Orchid

#C379DA is a violet with RGB values 195, 121, 218 and HSL 286°, 57%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orchid.

Colour values

#C379DA#C379DA
HEX#C379DA
RGBrgb(195, 121, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.7647, 0.4745, 0.8549
RGB percentages76.5%, 47.5%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(285.8, 56.7%, 66.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285.8, 44.5%, 85.5%)
CMYK10.6%, 44.5%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,810,714
CSS custom property--colour: #C379DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30339WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.07:1
Contrast with white2.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#909090
Inverted#3C8625

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6991DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#7D98D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.3 from the original
Tritanopia#C3869Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.97:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orchid · ΔE 11.1Violet · ΔE 13.9Medium purple · ΔE 16Medium orchid · ΔE 18.9Plum · ΔE 23.3Slate blue · ΔE 27.1
Nearest named CSS colourOrchid (#DA70D6)ΔE 11.13, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#90DA79
Analogous#9279DA, #DA79C1
Triadic#DAC379, #79DAC3
Split complementary#C1DA79, #79DA92
Tetradic#DA9279, #90DA79, #79C1DA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F9F1FB
Lighter +20%#E7C9F0
Lighter +10%#D5A1E5
Darker −10%#B151CF
Darker −20%#9A33BA
Darker −30%#792892
Darker −40%#581D6A
More saturated +25%#CE64EF
Less saturated −25%#B88EC5

Channel breakdown

R195
G121
B218
Red195 (76.5%)
Green121 (47.5%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue285.77°
Saturation (HSL)56.73%
Lightness66.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C3 · G 79 · B DA

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