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Recognised as Colour

#C756E1

  • #C756E1
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#C756E1 is a violet with RGB values 199, 86, 225 and HSL 289°, 70%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#C756E1#C756E1
HEX#C756E1
RGBrgb(199, 86, 225)
RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.3373, 0.8824
RGB percentages78%, 33.7%, 88.2%
HSLhsl(288.8, 69.8%, 61%)
HSV / HSBhsv(288.8, 61.8%, 88.2%)
CMYK11.6%, 61.8%, 0%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,063,905
CSS custom property--colour: #C756E1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24234WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.85:1
Contrast with white3.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.85:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#787878
Inverted#38A91E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#317FE5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#608BDEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55 from the original
Tritanopia#C86D94no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.59:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 7Dark orchid · ΔE 15.9Orchid · ΔE 20Violet · ΔE 21.1Dark magenta · ΔE 26.8Medium purple · ΔE 27.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 6.97, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#70E156
Analogous#8256E1, #E156B5
Triadic#E1C756, #56E1C7
Split complementary#B5E156, #56E182
Tetradic#E18256, #70E156, #56B5E1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F2D8F8
Lighter +20%#E4ADF0
Lighter +10%#D581E9
Darker −10%#B92BD9
Darker −20%#9620B1
Darker −30%#721886
Darker −40%#4D105B
More saturated +25%#D73DFA
Less saturated −25%#B76FC8

Channel breakdown

R199
G86
B225
Red199 (78%)
Green86 (33.7%)
Blue225 (88.2%)
Hue288.78°
Saturation (HSL)69.85%
Lightness60.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C7 · G 56 · B E1

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