Recognised as Colour

#C593F0

#C593F0
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#C593F0 is a violet with RGB values 197, 147, 240 and HSL 272°, 76%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

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HEX#C593F0

RGBrgb(197, 147, 240)

RGB (0–1)0.7725, 0.5765, 0.9412

RGB percentages77.3%, 57.6%, 94.1%

HSLhsl(272.3, 75.6%, 75.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(272.3, 38.8%, 94.1%)

CMYK17.9%, 38.8%, 0%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,948,464

CSS custom property--colour: #C593F0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39029WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness175.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.81:1

Contrast with white2.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4

Inverted#3A6C0F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7FA6F4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#8BA8EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.8 from the original

Tritanopia#BFA1B6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 17.3 Plum · ΔE 18.6 Violet · ΔE 20.6 Orchid · ΔE 20.8 Medium orchid · ΔE 28.6 Cornflower blue · ΔE 29.2

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 17.3, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BEF093

Analogous#9693F0, #F093ED

Triadic#F0C593, #93F0C5

Split complementary#ECF093, #93F097

Tetradic#F09793, #BEF093, #93EDF0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F5EDFC

Lighter +10%#DDC0F6

Darker −10%#AD66EA

Darker −20%#9539E4

Darker −30%#7C1DCD

Darker −40%#6116A1

More saturated +25%#C684FF

Less saturated −25%#C4A2E1

Channel breakdown

R197

G147

B240

Red197 (77.3%)

Green147 (57.6%)

Blue240 (94.1%)

Hue272.26°

Saturation (HSL)75.61%

Lightness75.88%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR C5 · G 93 · B F0

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