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Recognised as Colour

#C409FA

  • #C409FA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#C409FA is a violet with RGB values 196, 9, 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

#C409FA#C409FA
HEX#C409FA
RGBrgb(196, 9, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.7686, 0.0353, 0.9804
RGB percentages76.9%, 3.5%, 98%
HSLhsl(286.6, 96%, 50.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(286.6, 96.4%, 98%)
CMYK21.6%, 96.4%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,847,610
CSS custom property--colour: #C409FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18833WCAG 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 4.77:1
Contrast with white4.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.77:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#424242
Inverted#3BF605

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006FFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 59.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#007CF6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 70.9 from the original
Tritanopia#BF5994no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.7 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 text4.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 16.8Fuchsia · ΔE 19.4Magenta · ΔE 19.4Blue violet · ΔE 20.4Dark orchid · ΔE 28.2Medium blue · ΔE 37.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 16.8, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3FFA09
Analogous#4B09FA, #FA09B8
Triadic#FAC409, #09FAC4
Split complementary#B7FA09, #09FA4C
Tetradic#FA4C09, #3FFA09, #09B7FA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4D1FE
Lighter +30%#E89FFD
Lighter +20%#DC6DFC
Lighter +10%#D03BFB
Darker −10%#9F04CC
Darker −20%#78039A
Darker −30%#510268
Darker −40%#2A0136
More saturated +25%#C704FF
Less saturated −25%#B328DB

Channel breakdown

R196
G9
B250
Red196 (76.9%)
Green9 (3.5%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue286.56°
Saturation (HSL)96.02%
Lightness50.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C4 · G 09 · B FA

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