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Recognised as Colour

#C776E1

  • #C776E1
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Orchid

#C776E1 is a violet with RGB values 199, 118, 225 and HSL 285°, 64%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orchid.

Colour values

#C776E1#C776E1
HEX#C776E1
RGBrgb(199, 118, 225)
RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.4627, 0.8824
RGB percentages78%, 46.3%, 88.2%
HSLhsl(285.4, 64.1%, 67.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285.4, 47.6%, 88.2%)
CMYK11.6%, 47.6%, 0%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,072,097
CSS custom property--colour: #C776E1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30535WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness160.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.11:1
Contrast with white2.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F
Inverted#38891E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6291E5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#7A99DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.8 from the original
Tritanopia#C785A1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.95:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orchid · ΔE 9.7Violet · ΔE 11.7Medium orchid · ΔE 14.3Medium purple · ΔE 16.4Slate blue · ΔE 26.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 26.8
Nearest named CSS colourOrchid (#DA70D6)ΔE 9.75, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#90E176
Analogous#9276E1, #E176C6
Triadic#E1C776, #76E1C7
Split complementary#C5E176, #76E192
Tetradic#E19276, #90E176, #76C5E1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAF4FC
Lighter +20%#E9CAF3
Lighter +10%#D8A0EA
Darker −10%#B64CD8
Darker −20%#A02BC6
Darker −30%#7E229C
Darker −40%#5C1972
More saturated +25%#D261F6
Less saturated −25%#BC8BCC

Channel breakdown

R199
G118
B225
Red199 (78%)
Green118 (46.3%)
Blue225 (88.2%)
Hue285.42°
Saturation (HSL)64.07%
Lightness67.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C7 · G 76 · B E1

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