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Recognised as Colour

#C408FA

  • #C408FA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#C408FA is a violet with RGB values 196, 8, 250 and HSL 287°, 96%, 51%. 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

#C408FA#C408FA
HEX#C408FA
RGBrgb(196, 8, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.7686, 0.0314, 0.9804
RGB percentages76.9%, 3.1%, 98%
HSLhsl(286.6, 96%, 50.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(286.6, 96.8%, 98%)
CMYK21.6%, 96.8%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,847,354
CSS custom property--colour: #C408FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18812WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness136.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.76:1
Contrast with white4.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.76:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#414141
Inverted#3BF705

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006FFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 59.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#007CF6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 71 from the original
Tritanopia#BF5994no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.41:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 16.8Fuchsia · ΔE 19.4Magenta · ΔE 19.4Blue violet · ΔE 20.4Dark orchid · ΔE 28.3Medium blue · ΔE 37.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 16.85, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3EFA08
Analogous#4B08FA, #FA08B7
Triadic#FAC408, #08FAC4
Split complementary#B7FA08, #08FA4B
Tetradic#FA4B08, #3EFA08, #08B7FA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4D0FE
Lighter +30%#E89EFD
Lighter +20%#DC6CFC
Lighter +10%#D03AFB
Darker −10%#9F04CB
Darker −20%#770399
Darker −30%#500267
Darker −40%#290135
More saturated +25%#C703FF
Less saturated −25%#B328DB

Channel breakdown

R196
G8
B250
Red196 (76.9%)
Green8 (3.1%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue286.61°
Saturation (HSL)96.03%
Lightness50.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C4 · G 08 · B FA

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