Recognised as Colour

#C725FD

#C725FD
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark violet

#C725FD is a violet with RGB values 199, 37, 253 and HSL 285°, 98%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#C725FD#C725FD

HEX#C725FD

RGBrgb(199, 37, 253)

RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.1451, 0.9922

RGB percentages78%, 14.5%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(285, 98.2%, 56.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(285, 85.4%, 99.2%)

CMYK21.3%, 85.4%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,051,389

CSS custom property--colour: #C725FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20557WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness141.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.11:1

Contrast with white4.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.11:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#575757

Inverted#38DA02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0075FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 59.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#0681F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 69.8 from the original

Tritanopia#C26098no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.11:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 16 Blue violet · ΔE 18.9 Fuchsia · ΔE 19.2 Magenta · ΔE 19.2 Dark orchid · ΔE 25.7 Medium orchid · ΔE 36.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 16.05, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5BFD25

Analogous#5B25FD, #FD25C7

Triadic#FDC725, #25FDC7

Split complementary#C7FD25, #25FD5B

Tetradic#FD5B25, #5BFD25, #25C7FD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBEFFF

Lighter +30%#EEBDFE

Lighter +20%#E18AFE

Lighter +10%#D458FD

Darker −10%#B202ED

Darker −20%#8C02BA

Darker −30%#660188

Darker −40%#400155

More saturated +25%#C823FF

Less saturated −25%#B941E2

Channel breakdown

R199

G37

B253

Red199 (78%)

Green37 (14.5%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue285°

Saturation (HSL)98.18%

Lightness56.86%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR C7 · G 25 · B FD

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