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Recognised as Colour

#C404EC

  • #C404EC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#C404EC is a violet with RGB values 196, 4, 236 and HSL 290°, 97%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#C404EC#C404EC
HEX#C404EC
RGBrgb(196, 4, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.7686, 0.0157, 0.9255
RGB percentages76.9%, 1.6%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(289.7, 96.7%, 47.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(289.7, 98.3%, 92.5%)
CMYK16.9%, 98.3%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,846,316
CSS custom property--colour: #C404EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17879WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness133.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.59:1
Contrast with white4.59:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.58:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#3E3E3E
Inverted#3BFB13

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006BF1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 60.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#1D7AE8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 72 from the original
Tritanopia#C3518Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.59:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 14.2Fuchsia · ΔE 17.8Magenta · ΔE 17.8Blue violet · ΔE 19.2Dark orchid · ΔE 23.7Medium orchid · ΔE 34.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 14.24, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2CEC04
Analogous#5004EC, #EC04A0
Triadic#ECC404, #04ECC4
Split complementary#A0EC04, #04EC50
Tetradic#EC5004, #2CEC04, #04A0EC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3BEFE
Lighter +30%#EA8CFD
Lighter +20%#E05AFC
Lighter +10%#D728FB
Darker −10%#9A03BA
Darker −20%#710288
Darker −30%#470156
Darker −40%#1D0123
More saturated +25%#C700F0
Less saturated −25%#B022CE

Channel breakdown

R196
G4
B236
Red196 (76.9%)
Green4 (1.6%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue289.66°
Saturation (HSL)96.67%
Lightness47.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C4 · G 04 · B EC

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