Recognised as Colour

#C68BEA

#C68BEA
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#C68BEA is a violet with RGB values 198, 139, 234 and HSL 277°, 69%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

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HEX#C68BEA

RGBrgb(198, 139, 234)

RGB (0–1)0.7765, 0.5451, 0.9176

RGB percentages77.6%, 54.5%, 91.8%

HSLhsl(277.3, 69.3%, 73.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(277.3, 40.6%, 91.8%)

CMYK15.4%, 40.6%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,011,946

CSS custom property--colour: #C68BEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36412WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness171.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.28:1

Contrast with white2.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E

Inverted#397415

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#78A0EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#87A4E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.6 from the original

Tritanopia#C299AFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.54:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 16.2 Orchid · ΔE 17.2 Violet · ΔE 17.4 Plum · ΔE 19.8 Medium orchid · ΔE 25 Slate blue · ΔE 28.5

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 16.17, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AFEA8B

Analogous#978BEA, #EA8BDE

Triadic#EAC68B, #8BEAC6

Split complementary#DEEA8B, #8BEA97

Tetradic#EA978B, #AFEA8B, #8BDEEA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F0E1FA

Lighter +10%#DBB6F2

Darker −10%#B160E2

Darker −20%#9C35DA

Darker −30%#8022BA

Darker −40%#631A8F

More saturated +25%#CA7AFB

Less saturated −25%#C29CD9

Channel breakdown

R198

G139

B234

Red198 (77.6%)

Green139 (54.5%)

Blue234 (91.8%)

Hue277.26°

Saturation (HSL)69.34%

Lightness73.14%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR C6 · G 8B · B EA

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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