Colour

#C775FF

#C775FF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium orchid

#C775FF is a violet with RGB values 199, 117, 255 and HSL 276°, 100%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

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HEX#C775FF

RGBrgb(199, 117, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.4588, 1

RGB percentages78%, 45.9%, 100%

HSLhsl(275.7, 100%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(275.7, 54.1%, 100%)

CMYK22%, 54.1%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,071,871

CSS custom property--colour: #C775FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32085WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness165.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.42:1

Contrast with white2.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#909090

Inverted#388A00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4A96FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#679BFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.6 from the original

Tritanopia#C08DAFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.83:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 13.7 Violet · ΔE 20.5 Medium slateblue · ΔE 20.6 Medium purple · ΔE 21.7 Orchid · ΔE 22 Dark orchid · ΔE 22.4

Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 13.65, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#ADFF75

Analogous#8275FF, #FF75F2

Triadic#FFC775, #75FFC7

Split complementary#F2FF75, #75FF82

Tetradic#FF8275, #ADFF75, #75F2FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F0DBFF

Lighter +10%#DCA8FF

Darker −10%#B242FF

Darker −20%#9E0FFF

Darker −30%#8200DB

Darker −40%#6400A8

More saturated +25%#C775FF

Less saturated −25%#C486EE

Channel breakdown

R199

G117

B255

Red199 (78%)

Green117 (45.9%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue275.65°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness72.94%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR C7 · G 75 · B FF

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