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Colour

#C775EB

  • #C775EB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#C775EB is a violet with RGB values 199, 117, 235 and HSL 282°, 75%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#C775EB#C775EB
HEX#C775EB
RGBrgb(199, 117, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.4588, 0.9216
RGB percentages78%, 45.9%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(281.7, 74.7%, 69%)
HSV / HSBhsv(281.7, 50.2%, 92.2%)
CMYK15.3%, 50.2%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,071,851
CSS custom property--colour: #C775EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30863WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.17:1
Contrast with white2.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F
Inverted#388A14

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5B92EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#7499E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.8 from the original
Tritanopia#C487A5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.93:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 11.6Orchid · ΔE 13.1Violet · ΔE 13.4Medium purple · ΔE 16.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 23.6Slate blue · ΔE 25.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 11.55, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#99EB75
Analogous#8C75EB, #EB75D4
Triadic#EBC775, #75EBC7
Split complementary#D4EB75, #75EB8C
Tetradic#EB8C75, #99EB75, #75D4EB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDFBFE
Lighter +20%#EBCEF8
Lighter +10%#D9A2F1
Darker −10%#B548E5
Darker −20%#A120DA
Darker −30%#8019AE
Darker −40%#601381
More saturated +25%#CF61FF
Less saturated −25%#BF89D7

Channel breakdown

R199
G117
B235
Red199 (78%)
Green117 (45.9%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue281.69°
Saturation (HSL)74.68%
Lightness69.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C7 · G 75 · B EB

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