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Recognised as Colour

#C700DE

  • #C700DE
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#C700DE is a magenta with RGB values 199, 0, 222 and HSL 294°, 100%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#C700DE#C700DE
HEX#C700DE
RGBrgb(199, 0, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0, 0.8706
RGB percentages78%, 0%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(293.8, 100%, 43.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(293.8, 100%, 87.1%)
CMYK10.4%, 100%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,041,886
CSS custom property--colour: #C700DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17416WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness132.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.68:1
Contrast with white4.68:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A
Inverted#38FF21

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0068E3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 62.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#3B7ADAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 73 from the original
Tritanopia#C94782no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.68:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.48:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 15.5Fuchsia · ΔE 17.6Magenta · ΔE 17.6Dark orchid · ΔE 20.6Blue violet · ΔE 21.3Medium orchid · ΔE 29.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 15.52, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#17DE00
Analogous#5800DE, #DE0086
Triadic#DEC700, #00DEC7
Split complementary#86DE00, #00DE58
Tetradic#DE5800, #17DE00, #0086DE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6ABFF
Lighter +30%#F178FF
Lighter +20%#EC45FF
Lighter +10%#E612FF
Darker −10%#9900AB
Darker −20%#6C0078
Darker −30%#3E0045
Darker −40%#100012
More saturated +25%#C700DE
Less saturated −25%#B11CC2

Channel breakdown

R199
G0
B222
Red199 (78%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue293.78°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness43.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C7 · G 00 · B DE

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