Recognised as Colour

#C75BED

#C75BED
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium orchid

#C75BED is a violet with RGB values 199, 91, 237 and HSL 284°, 80%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

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HEX#C75BED

RGBrgb(199, 91, 237)

RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.3569, 0.9294

RGB percentages78%, 35.7%, 92.9%

HSLhsl(284.4, 80.2%, 64.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(284.4, 61.6%, 92.9%)

CMYK16%, 61.6%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,065,197

CSS custom property--colour: #C75BED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25739WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness152 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.15:1

Contrast with white3.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.15:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D

Inverted#38A412

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2A84F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#5C8EE9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.1 from the original

Tritanopia#C5759Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.42:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 10.5 Dark orchid · ΔE 15.2 Orchid · ΔE 23.4 Violet · ΔE 23.5 Blue violet · ΔE 25.5 Medium slateblue · ΔE 26.1

Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 10.5, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#81ED5B

Analogous#7E5BED, #ED5BCA

Triadic#EDC75B, #5BEDC7

Split complementary#CAED5B, #5BED7E

Tetradic#ED7E5B, #81ED5B, #5BCAED

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F6E5FC

Lighter +20%#E6B7F7

Lighter +10%#D789F2

Darker −10%#B72DE8

Darker −20%#9C16CC

Darker −30%#79119E

Darker −40%#560C70

More saturated +25%#D049FF

Less saturated −25%#BC72D6

Channel breakdown

R199

G91

B237

Red199 (78%)

Green91 (35.7%)

Blue237 (92.9%)

Hue284.38°

Saturation (HSL)80.22%

Lightness64.31%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR C7 · G 5B · B ED

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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