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Recognised as Colour

#C559FD

  • #C559FD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#C559FD is a violet with RGB values 197, 89, 253 and HSL 280°, 98%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#C559FD#C559FD
HEX#C559FD
RGBrgb(197, 89, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.7725, 0.349, 0.9922
RGB percentages77.3%, 34.9%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(279.5, 97.6%, 67.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(279.5, 64.8%, 99.2%)
CMYK22.1%, 64.8%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,933,629
CSS custom property--colour: #C559FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26107WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.22:1
Contrast with white3.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.22:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7C7C7C
Inverted#3AA602

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0086FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 53.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#498EF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.3 from the original
Tritanopia#BE7AA4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 63.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.38:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 15.5Medium orchid · ΔE 19.2Blue violet · ΔE 19.5Dark violet · ΔE 21.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 27.8Fuchsia · ΔE 30.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 15.49, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#91FD59
Analogous#7359FD, #FD59E3
Triadic#FDC559, #59FDC5
Split complementary#E3FD59, #59FD73
Tetradic#FD7359, #91FD59, #59E3FD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAF0FF
Lighter +20%#E8BEFE
Lighter +10%#D78BFE
Darker −10%#B327FC
Darker −20%#9D03ED
Darker −30%#7C02BB
Darker −40%#5A0288
More saturated +25%#C657FF
Less saturated −25%#BE6EE8

Channel breakdown

R197
G89
B253
Red197 (77.3%)
Green89 (34.9%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue279.51°
Saturation (HSL)97.62%
Lightness67.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C5 · G 59 · B FD

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