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Recognised as Colour

#C473FD

  • #C473FD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#C473FD is a violet with RGB values 196, 115, 253 and HSL 275°, 97%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#C473FD#C473FD
HEX#C473FD
RGBrgb(196, 115, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.7686, 0.451, 0.9922
RGB percentages76.9%, 45.1%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(275.2, 97.2%, 72.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275.2, 54.5%, 99.2%)
CMYK22.5%, 54.5%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,874,749
CSS custom property--colour: #C473FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31089WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness162.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.22:1
Contrast with white2.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E
Inverted#3B8C02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4794FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#6499FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.5 from the original
Tritanopia#BC8CADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.91:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 13.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 19.9Violet · ΔE 21Medium purple · ΔE 21.3Dark orchid · ΔE 21.7Orchid · ΔE 22.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 13.28, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ACFD73
Analogous#7F73FD, #FD73F1
Triadic#FDC473, #73FDC4
Split complementary#F1FD73, #73FD7F
Tetradic#FD7F73, #ACFD73, #73F1FD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EED8FE
Lighter +10%#D9A5FE
Darker −10%#AF41FC
Darker −20%#9A0EFC
Darker −30%#7E03D4
Darker −40%#6002A2
More saturated +25%#C471FF
Less saturated −25%#C185EB

Channel breakdown

R196
G115
B253
Red196 (76.9%)
Green115 (45.1%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue275.22°
Saturation (HSL)97.18%
Lightness72.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C4 · G 73 · B FD

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