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Recognised as Colour

#C505EC

  • #C505EC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#C505EC is a violet with RGB values 197, 5, 236 and HSL 290°, 96%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#C505EC#C505EC
HEX#C505EC
RGBrgb(197, 5, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.7725, 0.0196, 0.9255
RGB percentages77.3%, 2%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(289.9, 95.9%, 47.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(289.9, 97.9%, 92.5%)
CMYK16.5%, 97.9%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,912,108
CSS custom property--colour: #C505EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18035WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness134 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.61:1
Contrast with white4.56:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.61:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#3E3E3E
Inverted#3AFA13

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006BF1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 60.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#217BE8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 72.5 from the original
Tritanopia#C4518Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.56:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 14.5Fuchsia · ΔE 17.5Magenta · ΔE 17.5Blue violet · ΔE 19.4Dark orchid · ΔE 23.6Medium orchid · ΔE 34.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 14.45, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2CEC05
Analogous#5105EC, #EC05A0
Triadic#ECC505, #05ECC5
Split complementary#A0EC05, #05EC51
Tetradic#EC5105, #2CEC05, #05A0EC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3BFFE
Lighter +30%#EA8DFD
Lighter +20%#E15BFC
Lighter +10%#D72AFA
Darker −10%#9B04BA
Darker −20%#720388
Darker −30%#480256
Darker −40%#1E0124
More saturated +25%#C800F1
Less saturated −25%#B123CE

Channel breakdown

R197
G5
B236
Red197 (77.3%)
Green5 (2%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue289.87°
Saturation (HSL)95.85%
Lightness47.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C5 · G 05 · B EC

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