Colour

#C58BE2

#C58BE2
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#C58BE2 is a violet with RGB values 197, 139, 226 and HSL 280°, 60%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

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HEX#C58BE2

RGBrgb(197, 139, 226)

RGB (0–1)0.7725, 0.5451, 0.8863

RGB percentages77.3%, 54.5%, 88.6%

HSLhsl(280, 60%, 71.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(280, 38.5%, 88.6%)

CMYK12.8%, 38.5%, 0%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,946,402

CSS custom property--colour: #C58BE2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35827WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness169.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.17:1

Contrast with white2.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E

Inverted#3A741D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7C9EE5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#8AA3DFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.5 from the original

Tritanopia#C397ACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.57:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 16.1 Orchid · ΔE 18.3 Medium purple · ΔE 18.4 Violet · ΔE 19.3 Medium orchid · ΔE 27.7 Slate blue · ΔE 30.5

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 16.14, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A8E28B

Analogous#9A8BE2, #E28BD3

Triadic#E2C58B, #8BE2C5

Split complementary#D3E28B, #8BE299

Tetradic#E29A8B, #A8E28B, #8BD3E2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#EEDDF6

Lighter +10%#D9B4EC

Darker −10%#B162D8

Darker −20%#9C39CE

Darker −30%#7F2AAA

Darker −40%#612081

More saturated +25%#CB79F4

Less saturated −25%#BF9DD0

Channel breakdown

R197

G139

B226

Red197 (77.3%)

Green139 (54.5%)

Blue226 (88.6%)

Hue280°

Saturation (HSL)60%

Lightness71.57%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR C5 · G 8B · B E2

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