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Recognised as Colour

#C56DD9

  • #C56DD9
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Orchid

#C56DD9 is a violet with RGB values 197, 109, 217 and HSL 289°, 59%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orchid.

Colour values

#C56DD9#C56DD9
HEX#C56DD9
RGBrgb(197, 109, 217)
RGB (0–1)0.7725, 0.4275, 0.851
RGB percentages77.3%, 42.7%, 85.1%
HSLhsl(288.9, 58.7%, 63.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(288.9, 49.8%, 85.1%)
CMYK9.2%, 49.8%, 0%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,938,713
CSS custom property--colour: #C56DD9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27817WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness154.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.56:1
Contrast with white3.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.56:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#888888
Inverted#3A9226

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5B8ADDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#7593D6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.4 from the original
Tritanopia#C67C99no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.2:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orchid · ΔE 8.3Medium orchid · ΔE 11.6Violet · ΔE 11.9Medium purple · ΔE 17.8Slate blue · ΔE 26.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 27.5
Nearest named CSS colourOrchid (#DA70D6)ΔE 8.31, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#81D96D
Analogous#8F6DD9, #D96DB7
Triadic#D9C56D, #6DD9C5
Split complementary#B7D96D, #6DD98F
Tetradic#D98F6D, #81D96D, #6DB7D9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5E6F9
Lighter +20%#E5BEEE
Lighter +10%#D595E4
Darker −10%#B545CE
Darker −20%#992EB2
Darker −30%#762489
Darker −40%#541961
More saturated +25%#D356F0
Less saturated −25%#B784C2

Channel breakdown

R197
G109
B217
Red197 (77.3%)
Green109 (42.7%)
Blue217 (85.1%)
Hue288.89°
Saturation (HSL)58.7%
Lightness63.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C5 · G 6D · B D9

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