Recognised as Colour

#C78AEA

#C78AEA
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#C78AEA is a violet with RGB values 199, 138, 234 and HSL 278°, 70%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

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HEX#C78AEA

RGBrgb(199, 138, 234)

RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.5412, 0.9176

RGB percentages78%, 54.1%, 91.8%

HSLhsl(278.1, 69.6%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(278.1, 41%, 91.8%)

CMYK15%, 41%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,077,226

CSS custom property--colour: #C78AEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3626WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness171.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.25:1

Contrast with white2.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E

Inverted#387515

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#779FEEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#87A4E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.5 from the original

Tritanopia#C498AFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.54:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 16.1 Orchid · ΔE 16.4 Violet · ΔE 16.6 Plum · ΔE 20.3 Medium orchid · ΔE 24.2 Slate blue · ΔE 28.4

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 16.12, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#ADEA8A

Analogous#978AEA, #EA8ADD

Triadic#EAC78A, #8AEAC7

Split complementary#DDEA8A, #8AEA97

Tetradic#EA978A, #ADEA8A, #8ADDEA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F0E0FA

Lighter +10%#DCB5F2

Darker −10%#B25FE2

Darker −20%#9E34DA

Darker −30%#8221BA

Darker −40%#641A8E

More saturated +25%#CC79FB

Less saturated −25%#C29BD9

Channel breakdown

R199

G138

B234

Red199 (78%)

Green138 (54.1%)

Blue234 (91.8%)

Hue278.13°

Saturation (HSL)69.57%

Lightness72.94%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR C7 · G 8A · B EA

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