Recognised as Colour

#C49DFF

#C49DFF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#C49DFF is a violet with RGB values 196, 157, 255 and HSL 264°, 100%, 81%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

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HEX#C49DFF

RGBrgb(196, 157, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.7686, 0.6157, 1

RGB percentages76.9%, 61.6%, 100%

HSLhsl(263.9, 100%, 80.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(263.9, 38.4%, 100%)

CMYK23.1%, 38.4%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,885,503

CSS custom property--colour: #C49DFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4307WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness182.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.61:1

Contrast with white2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC

Inverted#3B6200

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#85AFFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#8DAFFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.6 from the original

Tritanopia#BAADC2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 18.2 Plum · ΔE 21.6 Violet · ΔE 23.8 Orchid · ΔE 25.1 Cornflower blue · ΔE 26.8 Slate blue · ΔE 30

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 18.19, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#D8FF9D

Analogous#9DA7FF, #F59DFF

Triadic#FFC49D, #9DFFC4

Split complementary#FFF59D, #A7FF9D

Tetradic#FF9DA7, #D8FF9D, #9DFFF5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#E3D0FF

Darker −10%#A56AFF

Darker −20%#8737FF

Darker −30%#6804FF

Darker −40%#5300D0

More saturated +25%#C49DFF

Less saturated −25%#C7A9F3

Channel breakdown

R196

G157

B255

Red196 (76.9%)

Green157 (61.6%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue263.88°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness80.78%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR C4 · G 9D · B FF

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Colour values

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