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Colour

#C725FF

  • #C725FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#C725FF is a violet with RGB values 199, 37, 255 and HSL 285°, 100%, 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

#C725FF#C725FF
HEX#C725FF
RGBrgb(199, 37, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.1451, 1
RGB percentages78%, 14.5%, 100%
HSLhsl(284.6, 100%, 57.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(284.6, 85.5%, 100%)
CMYK22%, 85.5%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,051,391
CSS custom property--colour: #C725FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20685WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness141.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.14:1
Contrast with white4.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.14:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#575757
Inverted#38DA00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0075FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 60.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#0081FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 69.5 from the original
Tritanopia#C26199no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.09:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 16.5Blue violet · ΔE 19.2Fuchsia · ΔE 19.4Magenta · ΔE 19.4Dark orchid · ΔE 26.5Medium orchid · ΔE 37.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 16.52, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5DFF25
Analogous#5A25FF, #FF25CA
Triadic#FFC725, #25FFC7
Split complementary#CAFF25, #25FF5A
Tetradic#FF5A25, #5DFF25, #25CAFF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FBF1FF
Lighter +30%#EEBEFF
Lighter +20%#E18BFF
Lighter +10%#D458FF
Darker −10%#B300F1
Darker −20%#8D00BE
Darker −30%#67008B
Darker −40%#410058
More saturated +25%#C725FF
Less saturated −25%#BA40E4

Channel breakdown

R199
G37
B255
Red199 (78%)
Green37 (14.5%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue284.59°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness57.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C7 · G 25 · B FF

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