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Recognised as Colour

#C783EE

  • #C783EE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Violet

#C783EE is a violet with RGB values 199, 131, 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

#C783EE#C783EE
HEX#C783EE
RGBrgb(199, 131, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.5137, 0.9333
RGB percentages78%, 51.4%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(278.1, 75.9%, 72.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278.1, 45%, 93.3%)
CMYK16.4%, 45%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,075,438
CSS custom property--colour: #C783EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34548WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness168.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.91:1
Contrast with white2.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#999999
Inverted#387C11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6C9BF2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#7EA0EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.9 from the original
Tritanopia#C393ADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.66:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Violet · ΔE 14.2Orchid · ΔE 14.3Medium purple · ΔE 14.6Medium orchid · ΔE 18.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 25.6Slate blue · ΔE 25.9
Nearest named CSS colourViolet (#EE82EE)ΔE 14.19, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AAEE83
Analogous#9283EE, #EE83DF
Triadic#EEC783, #83EEC7
Split complementary#E0EE83, #83EE91
Tetradic#EE9183, #AAEE83, #83E0EE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F0DDFA
Lighter +10%#DBB0F4
Darker −10%#B356E8
Darker −20%#9E29E2
Darker −30%#821ABE
Darker −40%#631491
More saturated +25%#CC72FF
Less saturated −25%#C295DC

Channel breakdown

R199
G131
B238
Red199 (78%)
Green131 (51.4%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue278.13°
Saturation (HSL)75.89%
Lightness72.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C7 · G 83 · B EE

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