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Recognised as Colour

#C68AFE

  • #C68AFE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#C68AFE is a violet with RGB values 198, 138, 254 and HSL 271°, 98%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#C68AFE#C68AFE
HEX#C68AFE
RGBrgb(198, 138, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.7765, 0.5412, 0.9961
RGB percentages77.6%, 54.1%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(271, 98.3%, 76.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(271, 45.7%, 99.6%)
CMYK22%, 45.7%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,011,710
CSS custom property--colour: #C68AFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37338WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.47:1
Contrast with white2.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F
Inverted#397501

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6CA2FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#7CA5FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.9 from the original
Tritanopia#BE9DB8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.48:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 14.6Violet · ΔE 17.5Orchid · ΔE 19.1Medium orchid · ΔE 20.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 22.5Slate blue · ΔE 25.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 14.64, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C2FE8A
Analogous#8C8AFE, #FE8AFC
Triadic#FEC68A, #8AFEC6
Split complementary#FCFE8A, #8AFE8C
Tetradic#FE8C8A, #C2FE8A, #8AFCFE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F7EFFF
Lighter +10%#DFBDFE
Darker −10%#AD57FE
Darker −20%#9525FD
Darker −30%#7C02ED
Darker −40%#6102BA
More saturated +25%#C689FF
Less saturated −25%#C599EF

Channel breakdown

R198
G138
B254
Red198 (77.6%)
Green138 (54.1%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue271.03°
Saturation (HSL)98.31%
Lightness76.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C6 · G 8A · B FE

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