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Recognised as Colour

#C49EDA

  • #C49EDA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#C49EDA is a violet with RGB values 196, 158, 218 and HSL 278°, 45%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#C49EDA#C49EDA
HEX#C49EDA
RGBrgb(196, 158, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.7686, 0.6196, 0.8549
RGB percentages76.9%, 62%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(278, 44.8%, 73.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278, 27.5%, 85.5%)
CMYK10.1%, 27.5%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,885,722
CSS custom property--colour: #C49EDA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41251WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.25:1
Contrast with white2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#3B6125

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#95AADCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#9DADD8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21 from the original
Tritanopia#C2A5B3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 8.7Thistle · ΔE 22.1Light steelblue · ΔE 29.2Cornflower blue · ΔE 30Pink · ΔE 31.4Medium purple · ΔE 31.6
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 8.74, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B4DA9E
Analogous#A69EDA, #DA9ED2
Triadic#DAC49E, #9EDAC4
Split complementary#D2DA9E, #9EDAA6
Tetradic#DAA69E, #B4DA9E, #9ED2DA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F1E8F6
Lighter +10%#DAC3E8
Darker −10%#AE79CC
Darker −20%#9754BE
Darker −30%#7D3EA1
Darker −40%#602F7D
More saturated +25%#C88DEB
Less saturated −25%#C0AFC9

Channel breakdown

R196
G158
B218
Red196 (76.9%)
Green158 (62%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue278°
Saturation (HSL)44.78%
Lightness73.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C4 · G 9E · B DA

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