Recognised as Colour

#C595F0

#C595F0
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#C595F0 is a violet with RGB values 197, 149, 240 and HSL 272°, 75%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

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HEX#C595F0

RGBrgb(197, 149, 240)

RGB (0–1)0.7725, 0.5843, 0.9412

RGB percentages77.3%, 58.4%, 94.1%

HSLhsl(271.6, 75.2%, 76.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(271.6, 37.9%, 94.1%)

CMYK17.9%, 37.9%, 0%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,948,976

CSS custom property--colour: #C595F0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39656WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness176.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.93:1

Contrast with white2.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6

Inverted#3A6A0F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#82A7F3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#8DAAEDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.3 from the original

Tritanopia#BFA3B7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.35:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 17.7 Medium purple · ΔE 18.2 Violet · ΔE 21.5 Orchid · ΔE 21.8 Cornflower blue · ΔE 28.5 Medium orchid · ΔE 29.9

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 17.66, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C0F095

Analogous#9795F0, #F095ED

Triadic#F0C595, #95F0C5

Split complementary#EDF095, #95F097

Tetradic#F09795, #C0F095, #95EDF0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F6EEFD

Lighter +10%#DDC2F6

Darker −10%#AD68EA

Darker −20%#943CE3

Darker −30%#7B1DCF

Darker −40%#6017A2

More saturated +25%#C686FF

Less saturated −25%#C4A4E1

Channel breakdown

R197

G149

B240

Red197 (77.3%)

Green149 (58.4%)

Blue240 (94.1%)

Hue271.65°

Saturation (HSL)75.21%

Lightness76.27%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR C5 · G 95 · B F0

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Colour values

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