Recognised as Colour

#C789EC

#C789EC
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#C789EC is a violet with RGB values 199, 137, 236 and HSL 278°, 72%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

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HEX#C789EC

RGBrgb(199, 137, 236)

RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.5373, 0.9255

RGB percentages78%, 53.7%, 92.5%

HSLhsl(277.6, 72.3%, 73.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(277.6, 41.9%, 92.5%)

CMYK15.7%, 41.9%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,076,972

CSS custom property--colour: #C789EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3609WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness170.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.22:1

Contrast with white2.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D

Inverted#387613

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#759FF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#85A3E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.8 from the original

Tritanopia#C398AFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.56:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 15.5 Orchid · ΔE 16 Violet · ΔE 16 Plum · ΔE 21.9 Medium orchid · ΔE 23 Slate blue · ΔE 27.6

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 15.45, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AEEC89

Analogous#9589EC, #EC89E0

Triadic#ECC789, #89ECC7

Split complementary#E0EC89, #89EC95

Tetradic#EC9689, #AEEC89, #89E0EC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F1E1FA

Lighter +10%#DCB5F3

Darker −10%#B25DE5

Darker −20%#9D31DE

Darker −30%#821FBD

Darker −40%#641792

More saturated +25%#CB78FD

Less saturated −25%#C39ADB

Channel breakdown

R199

G137

B236

Red199 (78%)

Green137 (53.7%)

Blue236 (92.5%)

Hue277.58°

Saturation (HSL)72.26%

Lightness73.14%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR C7 · G 89 · B EC

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Colour values

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