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Recognised as Colour

#C768DC

  • #C768DC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#C768DC is a violet with RGB values 199, 104, 220 and HSL 289°, 62%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#C768DC#C768DC
HEX#C768DC
RGBrgb(199, 104, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.4078, 0.8627
RGB percentages78%, 40.8%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(289.1, 62.4%, 63.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(289.1, 52.7%, 86.3%)
CMYK9.5%, 52.7%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,068,508
CSS custom property--colour: #C768DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2721WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness154 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.44:1
Contrast with white3.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.44:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#858585
Inverted#389723

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5388E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46 from the original
Deuteranopia#7192D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.5 from the original
Tritanopia#C87998no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.26:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 7.8Orchid · ΔE 9.9Violet · ΔE 12.6Medium purple · ΔE 19.8Dark orchid · ΔE 24.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 26.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 7.79, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7DDC68
Analogous#8D68DC, #DC68B7
Triadic#DCC768, #68DCC7
Split complementary#B7DC68, #68DC8D
Tetradic#DC8D68, #7DDC68, #68B7DC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5E4F9
Lighter +20%#E6BBEF
Lighter +10%#D691E6
Darker −10%#B83FD2
Darker −20%#9B2AB4
Darker −30%#78208B
Darker −40%#541761
More saturated +25%#D651F3
Less saturated −25%#B87FC5

Channel breakdown

R199
G104
B220
Red199 (78%)
Green104 (40.8%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue289.14°
Saturation (HSL)62.37%
Lightness63.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C7 · G 68 · B DC

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