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Recognised as Colour

#C3A4DC

  • #C3A4DC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#C3A4DC is a violet with RGB values 195, 164, 220 and HSL 273°, 44%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#C3A4DC#C3A4DC
HEX#C3A4DC
RGBrgb(195, 164, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.7647, 0.6431, 0.8627
RGB percentages76.5%, 64.3%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(273.2, 44.4%, 75.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.2, 25.5%, 86.3%)
CMYK11.4%, 25.5%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,821,724
CSS custom property--colour: #C3A4DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4332WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.66:1
Contrast with white2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#3C5B23

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9BAEDEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#A1B0DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.7 from the original
Tritanopia#C0ABB8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.17:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 11.1Thistle · ΔE 19.1Light steelblue · ΔE 25.6Cornflower blue · ΔE 29.8Pink · ΔE 30Lavender · ΔE 30.6
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 11.09, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BDDCA4
Analogous#A7A4DC, #DCA4D9
Triadic#DCC3A4, #A4DCC3
Split complementary#D9DCA4, #A4DCA7
Tetradic#DCA7A4, #BDDCA4, #A4D9DC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F4EEF8
Lighter +10%#DBC9EA
Darker −10%#AB7FCE
Darker −20%#925AC0
Darker −30%#7940A7
Darker −40%#5E3282
More saturated +25%#C594EC
Less saturated −25%#C1B4CC

Channel breakdown

R195
G164
B220
Red195 (76.5%)
Green164 (64.3%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue273.21°
Saturation (HSL)44.44%
Lightness75.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C3 · G A4 · B DC

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