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Recognised as Colour

#C78BFD

  • #C78BFD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#C78BFD is a violet with RGB values 199, 139, 253 and HSL 272°, 97%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#C78BFD#C78BFD
HEX#C78BFD
RGBrgb(199, 139, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.5451, 0.9922
RGB percentages78%, 54.5%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(271.6, 96.6%, 76.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(271.6, 45.1%, 99.2%)
CMYK21.3%, 45.1%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,077,501
CSS custom property--colour: #C78BFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37699WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.54:1
Contrast with white2.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0
Inverted#387402

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6FA3FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#7EA6FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.9 from the original
Tritanopia#BF9EB8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.46:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 14.7Violet · ΔE 17.1Orchid · ΔE 18.7Medium orchid · ΔE 20.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 23.3Slate blue · ΔE 25.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 14.72, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C1FD8B
Analogous#8E8BFD, #FD8BFA
Triadic#FDC78B, #8BFDC7
Split complementary#FAFD8B, #8BFD8E
Tetradic#FD8E8B, #C1FD8B, #8BFAFD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F7EFFF
Lighter +10%#DFBDFE
Darker −10%#AF59FC
Darker −20%#9727FB
Darker −30%#7E04EB
Darker −40%#6303B9
More saturated +25%#C789FF
Less saturated −25%#C69AEE

Channel breakdown

R199
G139
B253
Red199 (78%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue271.58°
Saturation (HSL)96.61%
Lightness76.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C7 · G 8B · B FD

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