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Recognised as Colour

#C40EFC

  • #C40EFC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#C40EFC is a violet with RGB values 196, 14, 252 and HSL 286°, 98%, 52%. 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

#C40EFC#C40EFC
HEX#C40EFC
RGBrgb(196, 14, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.7686, 0.0549, 0.9882
RGB percentages76.9%, 5.5%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(285.9, 97.5%, 52.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285.9, 94.4%, 98.8%)
CMYK22.2%, 94.4%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,848,892
CSS custom property--colour: #C40EFC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19078WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness137.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.82:1
Contrast with white4.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.82:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#464646
Inverted#3BF103

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0070FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 59.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#007DF8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 70.7 from the original
Tritanopia#BF5B95no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.36:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 17.1Fuchsia · ΔE 19.8Magenta · ΔE 19.8Blue violet · ΔE 20.4Dark orchid · ΔE 28.6Medium blue · ΔE 37.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 17.1, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#46FC0E
Analogous#4D0EFC, #FC0EBD
Triadic#FCC40E, #0EFCC4
Split complementary#BDFC0E, #0EFC4D
Tetradic#FC4D0E, #46FC0E, #0EBDFC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F5D7FF
Lighter +30%#E9A5FE
Lighter +20%#DD73FD
Lighter +10%#D040FD
Darker −10%#A303D4
Darker −20%#7C02A2
Darker −30%#560170
Darker −40%#2F013D
More saturated +25%#C60BFF
Less saturated −25%#B42DDE

Channel breakdown

R196
G14
B252
Red196 (76.9%)
Green14 (5.5%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue285.88°
Saturation (HSL)97.54%
Lightness52.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C4 · G 0E · B FC

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