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Recognised as Colour

#C662E5

  • #C662E5
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#C662E5 is a violet with RGB values 198, 98, 229 and HSL 286°, 72%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#C662E5#C662E5
HEX#C662E5
RGBrgb(198, 98, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.7765, 0.3843, 0.898
RGB percentages77.6%, 38.4%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(285.8, 71.6%, 64.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285.8, 57.2%, 89.8%)
CMYK13.5%, 57.2%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,001,445
CSS custom property--colour: #C662E5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26398WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.28:1
Contrast with white3.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.28:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#818181
Inverted#399D1A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4286E9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#6690E2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.5 from the original
Tritanopia#C5779Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.34:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 5.4Orchid · ΔE 16.6Violet · ΔE 17.6Dark orchid · ΔE 19Medium purple · ΔE 22.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 24.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 5.4, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#81E562
Analogous#8462E5, #E562C3
Triadic#E5C662, #62E5C6
Split complementary#C3E562, #62E585
Tetradic#E58462, #81E562, #62C3E5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F6E5FB
Lighter +20%#E6BAF3
Lighter +10%#D68EEC
Darker −10%#B636DE
Darker −20%#9B20C1
Darker −30%#781995
Darker −40%#55116A
More saturated +25%#D24BFC
Less saturated −25%#BA79CE

Channel breakdown

R198
G98
B229
Red198 (77.6%)
Green98 (38.4%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue285.8°
Saturation (HSL)71.58%
Lightness64.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C6 · G 62 · B E5

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