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Recognised as Colour

#C61EF9

  • #C61EF9
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#C61EF9 is a violet with RGB values 198, 30, 249 and HSL 286°, 95%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#C61EF9#C61EF9
HEX#C61EF9
RGBrgb(198, 30, 249)
RGB (0–1)0.7765, 0.1176, 0.9765
RGB percentages77.6%, 11.8%, 97.6%
HSLhsl(286, 94.8%, 54.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(286, 88%, 97.6%)
CMYK20.5%, 88%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,984,057
CSS custom property--colour: #C61EF9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19774WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness139 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.95:1
Contrast with white4.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.95:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#525252
Inverted#39E106

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0072FEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 59 from the original
Deuteranopia#097FF5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 70.5 from the original
Tritanopia#C25C95no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.24:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 15.5Fuchsia · ΔE 18.8Magenta · ΔE 18.8Blue violet · ΔE 18.9Dark orchid · ΔE 25.4Medium orchid · ΔE 36.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 15.53, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#51F91E
Analogous#591EF9, #F91EBE
Triadic#F9C61E, #1EF9C6
Split complementary#BFF91E, #1EF958
Tetradic#F9581E, #51F91E, #1EBEF9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F8E5FE
Lighter +30%#ECB3FD
Lighter +20%#DF81FC
Lighter +10%#D350FA
Darker −10%#AC06DE
Darker −20%#8505AC
Darker −30%#5F037B
Darker −40%#380249
More saturated +25%#C918FF
Less saturated −25%#B73BDC

Channel breakdown

R198
G30
B249
Red198 (77.6%)
Green30 (11.8%)
Blue249 (97.6%)
Hue286.03°
Saturation (HSL)94.81%
Lightness54.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C6 · G 1E · B F9

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