Recognised as Colour

#C38BBD

#C38BBD
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#C38BBD is a magenta with RGB values 195, 139, 189 and HSL 306°, 32%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

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HEX#C38BBD

RGBrgb(195, 139, 189)

RGB (0–1)0.7647, 0.5451, 0.7412

RGB percentages76.5%, 54.5%, 74.1%

HSLhsl(306.4, 31.8%, 65.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(306.4, 28.7%, 76.5%)

CMYK0%, 28.7%, 3.1%, 23.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,815,293

CSS custom property--colour: #C38BBD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33741WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness163.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.75:1

Contrast with white2.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B

Inverted#3C7442

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8998BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#96A0BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.3 from the original

Tritanopia#C88F9Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.71:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 10.2 Thistle · ΔE 23.8 Pale violetred · ΔE 24.5 Rosy brown · ΔE 27.2 Light pink · ΔE 27.9 Pink · ΔE 28.6

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 10.15, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#8BC391

Analogous#AD8BC3, #C38BA1

Triadic#BDC38B, #8BBDC3

Split complementary#A1C38B, #8BC3AD

Tetradic#C3AD8B, #8BC391, #8BA1C3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F7F0F6

Lighter +20%#E6CEE3

Lighter +10%#D4ADD0

Darker −10%#B269AA

Darker −20%#994F91

Darker −30%#773E71

Darker −40%#562C51

More saturated +25%#D975CE

Less saturated −25%#ADA1AC

Channel breakdown

R195

G139

B189

Red195 (76.5%)

Green139 (54.5%)

Blue189 (74.1%)

Hue306.43°

Saturation (HSL)31.82%

Lightness65.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C3 · G 8B · B BD

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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