Recognised as Colour

#C395EE

#C395EE
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#C395EE is a violet with RGB values 195, 149, 238 and HSL 271°, 72%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

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HEX#C395EE

RGBrgb(195, 149, 238)

RGB (0–1)0.7647, 0.5843, 0.9333

RGB percentages76.5%, 58.4%, 93.3%

HSLhsl(271, 72.4%, 75.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(271, 37.4%, 93.3%)

CMYK18.1%, 37.4%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,817,902

CSS custom property--colour: #C395EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3927WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness175.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.85:1

Contrast with white2.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5

Inverted#3C6A11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#82A6F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#8CA9ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.2 from the original

Tritanopia#BDA2B6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 17 Medium purple · ΔE 18.5 Violet · ΔE 22.5 Orchid · ΔE 22.6 Cornflower blue · ΔE 27.8 Slate blue · ΔE 30.7

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 16.99, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C0EE95

Analogous#9795EE, #EE95EC

Triadic#EEC395, #95EEC3

Split complementary#ECEE95, #95EE96

Tetradic#EE9695, #C0EE95, #95ECEE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F5EDFC

Lighter +10%#DCC1F5

Darker −10%#AA69E7

Darker −20%#913DE0

Darker −30%#7820CA

Darker −40%#5E199E

More saturated +25%#C486FD

Less saturated −25%#C2A4DF

Channel breakdown

R195

G149

B238

Red195 (76.5%)

Green149 (58.4%)

Blue238 (93.3%)

Hue271.01°

Saturation (HSL)72.36%

Lightness75.88%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR C3 · G 95 · B EE

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Colour values

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