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Recognised as Colour

#C77CFD

  • #C77CFD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#C77CFD is a violet with RGB values 199, 124, 253 and HSL 275°, 97%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#C77CFD#C77CFD
HEX#C77CFD
RGBrgb(199, 124, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.4863, 0.9922
RGB percentages78%, 48.6%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(274.9, 97%, 73.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274.9, 51%, 99.2%)
CMYK21.3%, 51%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,073,661
CSS custom property--colour: #C77CFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33649WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.73:1
Contrast with white2.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#959595
Inverted#388302

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#589AFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#6F9EFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.4 from the original
Tritanopia#C092B1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.72:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 14.5Violet · ΔE 17.8Medium purple · ΔE 18.1Orchid · ΔE 19.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 20.5Slate blue · ΔE 25.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 14.47, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B2FD7C
Analogous#877CFD, #FD7CF3
Triadic#FDC77C, #7CFDC7
Split complementary#F2FD7C, #7CFD87
Tetradic#FD877C, #B2FD7C, #7CF2FD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F2E0FF
Lighter +10%#DCAEFE
Darker −10%#B24AFC
Darker −20%#9C18FB
Darker −30%#8203DD
Darker −40%#6403AA
More saturated +25%#C77AFF
Less saturated −25%#C48DEC

Channel breakdown

R199
G124
B253
Red199 (78%)
Green124 (48.6%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue274.88°
Saturation (HSL)96.99%
Lightness73.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C7 · G 7C · B FD

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