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Colour

#C700EF

  • #C700EF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#C700EF is a violet with RGB values 199, 0, 239 and HSL 290°, 100%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#C700EF#C700EF
HEX#C700EF
RGBrgb(199, 0, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0, 0.9373
RGB percentages78%, 0%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(290, 100%, 46.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(290, 100%, 93.7%)
CMYK16.7%, 100%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,041,903
CSS custom property--colour: #C700EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18374WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness135.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.67:1
Contrast with white4.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.67:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#3C3C3C
Inverted#38FF10

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006CF4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 60.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#1E7CEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 73.3 from the original
Tritanopia#C6518Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.49:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 15.4Fuchsia · ΔE 16.9Magenta · ΔE 16.9Blue violet · ΔE 20.3Dark orchid · ΔE 25.1Medium orchid · ΔE 36.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 15.45, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#28EF00
Analogous#4F00EF, #EF009F
Triadic#EFC700, #00EFC7
Split complementary#A0EF00, #00EF4F
Tetradic#EF4F00, #28EF00, #009FEF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4BCFF
Lighter +30%#EB89FF
Lighter +20%#E356FF
Lighter +10%#DA23FF
Darker −10%#9D00BC
Darker −20%#720089
Darker −30%#480056
Darker −40%#1D0023
More saturated +25%#C700EF
Less saturated −25%#B31ED1

Channel breakdown

R199
G0
B239
Red199 (78%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue289.96°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness46.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C7 · G 00 · B EF

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