Recognised as Colour

#C39BDF

#C39BDF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#C39BDF is a violet with RGB values 195, 155, 223 and HSL 275°, 52%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#C39BDF#C39BDF

HEX#C39BDF

RGBrgb(195, 155, 223)

RGB (0–1)0.7647, 0.6078, 0.8745

RGB percentages76.5%, 60.8%, 87.5%

HSLhsl(275.3, 51.5%, 74.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(275.3, 30.5%, 87.5%)

CMYK12.6%, 30.5%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,819,423

CSS custom property--colour: #C39BDF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40373WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness176.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.07:1

Contrast with white2.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8

Inverted#3C6420

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#90A8E2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#98ABDDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.5 from the original

Tritanopia#C0A4B3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.31:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 9.4 Thistle · ΔE 26.3 Medium purple · ΔE 27.5 Cornflower blue · ΔE 28.3 Orchid · ΔE 29.3 Violet · ΔE 30.1

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 9.35, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B7DF9B

Analogous#A19BDF, #DF9BD9

Triadic#DFC39B, #9BDFC3

Split complementary#D9DF9B, #9BDFA1

Tetradic#DFA19B, #B7DF9B, #9BD9DF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F1E8F8

Lighter +10%#DAC2EB

Darker −10%#AC74D3

Darker −20%#954EC6

Darker −30%#7B37AA

Darker −40%#5F2A84

More saturated +25%#C68BF0

Less saturated −25%#C0ABCF

Channel breakdown

R195

G155

B223

Red195 (76.5%)

Green155 (60.8%)

Blue223 (87.5%)

Hue275.29°

Saturation (HSL)51.52%

Lightness74.12%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR C3 · G 9B · B DF

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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