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Recognised as Colour

#C473EC

  • #C473EC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#C473EC is a violet with RGB values 196, 115, 236 and HSL 280°, 76%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#C473EC#C473EC
HEX#C473EC
RGBrgb(196, 115, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.7686, 0.451, 0.9255
RGB percentages76.9%, 45.1%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(280.2, 76.1%, 68.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.2, 51.3%, 92.5%)
CMYK16.9%, 51.3%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,874,732
CSS custom property--colour: #C473EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30053WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness160 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.01:1
Contrast with white3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D
Inverted#3B8C13

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5691F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#6F97E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.9 from the original
Tritanopia#C086A5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 10.8Orchid · ΔE 14.6Violet · ΔE 14.9Medium purple · ΔE 16.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 22.2Slate blue · ΔE 24.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 10.8, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9BEC73
Analogous#8773EC, #EC73D8
Triadic#ECC473, #73ECC4
Split complementary#D7EC73, #73EC88
Tetradic#EC8873, #9BEC73, #73D8EC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDFAFE
Lighter +20%#EACDF8
Lighter +10%#D7A0F2
Darker −10%#B146E6
Darker −20%#9D1EDB
Darker −30%#7D18AE
Darker −40%#5C1281
More saturated +25%#CA60FF
Less saturated −25%#BD87D8

Channel breakdown

R196
G115
B236
Red196 (76.9%)
Green115 (45.1%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue280.17°
Saturation (HSL)76.1%
Lightness68.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C4 · G 73 · B EC

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