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Recognised as Colour

#C782EE

  • #C782EE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Violet

#C782EE is a violet with RGB values 199, 130, 238 and HSL 278°, 76%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Violet.

Colour values

#C782EE#C782EE
HEX#C782EE
RGBrgb(199, 130, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.5098, 0.9333
RGB percentages78%, 51%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(278.3, 76.1%, 72.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278.3, 45.4%, 93.3%)
CMYK16.4%, 45.4%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,075,182
CSS custom property--colour: #C782EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3428WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness168 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.86:1
Contrast with white2.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#989898
Inverted#387D11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6B9BF2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#7EA0EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.4 from the original
Tritanopia#C392ADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.67:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Violet · ΔE 14Orchid · ΔE 14.1Medium purple · ΔE 14.6Medium orchid · ΔE 18.2Medium slateblue · ΔE 25.3Slate blue · ΔE 25.8
Nearest named CSS colourViolet (#EE82EE)ΔE 14, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A9EE82
Analogous#9182EE, #EE82DF
Triadic#EEC782, #82EEC7
Split complementary#DFEE82, #82EE91
Tetradic#EE9182, #A9EE82, #82DFEE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EFDCFA
Lighter +10%#DBAFF4
Darker −10%#B355E8
Darker −20%#9F28E2
Darker −30%#821ABD
Darker −40%#631490
More saturated +25%#CC71FF
Less saturated −25%#C294DC

Channel breakdown

R199
G130
B238
Red199 (78%)
Green130 (51%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue278.33°
Saturation (HSL)76.06%
Lightness72.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C7 · G 82 · B EE

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