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Recognised as Colour

#C60AF4

  • #C60AF4
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#C60AF4 is a violet with RGB values 198, 10, 244 and HSL 288°, 92%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#C60AF4#C60AF4
HEX#C60AF4
RGBrgb(198, 10, 244)
RGB (0–1)0.7765, 0.0392, 0.9569
RGB percentages77.6%, 3.9%, 95.7%
HSLhsl(288.2, 92.1%, 49.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(288.2, 95.9%, 95.7%)
CMYK18.9%, 95.9%, 0%, 4.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,978,932
CSS custom property--colour: #C60AF4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18755WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness136.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.75:1
Contrast with white4.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.75:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#434343
Inverted#39F50B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006EF9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 60 from the original
Deuteranopia#0C7CF0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 72.1 from the original
Tritanopia#C35690no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.42:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 15.7Fuchsia · ΔE 17.8Magenta · ΔE 17.8Blue violet · ΔE 19.9Dark orchid · ΔE 26Medium orchid · ΔE 37.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 15.66, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#38F40A
Analogous#510AF4, #F40AAD
Triadic#F4C60A, #0AF4C6
Split complementary#ADF40A, #0AF451
Tetradic#F4510A, #38F40A, #0AADF4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4CDFD
Lighter +30%#E89CFB
Lighter +20%#DD6BF9
Lighter +10%#D23AF7
Darker −10%#9E08C3
Darker −20%#760692
Darker −30%#4F0461
Darker −40%#270230
More saturated +25%#CC00FE
Less saturated −25%#B32AD4

Channel breakdown

R198
G10
B244
Red198 (77.6%)
Green10 (3.9%)
Blue244 (95.7%)
Hue288.21°
Saturation (HSL)92.13%
Lightness49.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C6 · G 0A · B F4

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