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Recognised as Colour

#C39ADB

  • #C39ADB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#C39ADB is a violet with RGB values 195, 154, 219 and HSL 278°, 47%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#C39ADB#C39ADB
HEX#C39ADB
RGBrgb(195, 154, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.7647, 0.6039, 0.8588
RGB percentages76.5%, 60.4%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(277.8, 47.4%, 73.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(277.8, 29.7%, 85.9%)
CMYK11%, 29.7%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,819,163
CSS custom property--colour: #C39ADB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39828WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.97:1
Contrast with white2.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#3C6524

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#90A7DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#99AAD9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.4 from the original
Tritanopia#C1A2B1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.34:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 8.6Thistle · ΔE 25.2Medium purple · ΔE 28.7Cornflower blue · ΔE 29.2Orchid · ΔE 29.8Violet · ΔE 30.8
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 8.6, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B2DB9A
Analogous#A29ADB, #DB9AD3
Triadic#DBC39A, #9ADBC3
Split complementary#D3DB9A, #9ADBA2
Tetradic#DBA29A, #B2DB9A, #9AD3DB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F0E5F6
Lighter +10%#D9C0E8
Darker −10%#AD74CE
Darker −20%#964FC0
Darker −30%#7C3AA2
Darker −40%#5F2C7D
More saturated +25%#C789EC
Less saturated −25%#BFABCA

Channel breakdown

R195
G154
B219
Red195 (76.5%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue277.85°
Saturation (HSL)47.45%
Lightness73.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C3 · G 9A · B DB

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