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Recognised as Colour

#C76DE6

  • #C76DE6
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#C76DE6 is a violet with RGB values 199, 109, 230 and HSL 285°, 71%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#C76DE6#C76DE6
HEX#C76DE6
RGBrgb(199, 109, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.4275, 0.902
RGB percentages78%, 42.7%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(284.6, 70.8%, 66.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(284.6, 52.6%, 90.2%)
CMYK13.5%, 52.6%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,069,798
CSS custom property--colour: #C76DE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28793WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness157.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.76:1
Contrast with white3.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.76:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#898989
Inverted#389219

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#538CEAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#7095E3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46 from the original
Tritanopia#C6809Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.11:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 8.3Orchid · ΔE 12.8Violet · ΔE 13.8Medium purple · ΔE 18.9Dark orchid · ΔE 24.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 24.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 8.29, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8CE66D
Analogous#8A6DE6, #E66DC9
Triadic#E6C76D, #6DE6C7
Split complementary#C9E66D, #6DE68B
Tetradic#E68B6D, #8CE66D, #6DC9E6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F9F0FC
Lighter +20%#E8C4F5
Lighter +10%#D899ED
Darker −10%#B641DF
Darker −20%#9F23CA
Darker −30%#7D1B9F
Darker −40%#5B1473
More saturated +25%#D158FB
Less saturated −25%#BD82D1

Channel breakdown

R199
G109
B230
Red199 (78%)
Green109 (42.7%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue284.63°
Saturation (HSL)70.76%
Lightness66.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C7 · G 6D · B E6

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