Colour

#C400FC

#C400FC
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark violet

#C400FC is a violet with RGB values 196, 0, 252 and HSL 287°, 100%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

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HEX#C400FC

RGBrgb(196, 0, 252)

RGB (0–1)0.7686, 0, 0.9882

RGB percentages76.9%, 0%, 98.8%

HSLhsl(286.7, 100%, 49.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(286.7, 100%, 98.8%)

CMYK22.2%, 100%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,845,308

CSS custom property--colour: #C400FC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18764WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness136.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.75:1

Contrast with white4.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.75:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#3C3C3C

Inverted#3BFF03

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#006FFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 60 from the original

Deuteranopia#007CF8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 71.2 from the original

Tritanopia#BF5995no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.42:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 17.8 Fuchsia · ΔE 19.9 Magenta · ΔE 19.9 Blue violet · ΔE 21.3 Dark orchid · ΔE 29.7 Medium blue · ΔE 37.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 17.84, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#38FC00

Analogous#4600FC, #FC00B6

Triadic#FCC400, #00FCC4

Split complementary#B6FC00, #00FC46

Tetradic#FC4600, #38FC00, #00B6FC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F3C9FF

Lighter +30%#E896FF

Lighter +20%#DC63FF

Lighter +10%#D130FF

Darker −10%#9C00C9

Darker −20%#750096

Darker −30%#4D0063

Darker −40%#250030

More saturated +25%#C400FC

Less saturated −25%#B320DD

Channel breakdown

R196

B252

Red196 (76.9%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue252 (98.8%)

Hue286.67°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness49.41%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR C4 · G 00 · B FC

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