Recognised as Colour

#C79EEA

#C79EEA
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#C79EEA is a violet with RGB values 199, 158, 234 and HSL 272°, 64%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

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HEX#C79EEA

RGBrgb(199, 158, 234)

RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.6196, 0.9176

RGB percentages78%, 62%, 91.8%

HSLhsl(272.4, 64.4%, 76.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(272.4, 32.5%, 91.8%)

CMYK15%, 32.5%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,082,346

CSS custom property--colour: #C79EEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42536WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness180.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.51:1

Contrast with white2.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC

Inverted#386115

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#90ADEDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#99AFE8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.6 from the original

Tritanopia#C3A9BAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.21:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 11.3 Medium purple · ΔE 25.1 Orchid · ΔE 27.4 Violet · ΔE 27.5 Cornflower blue · ΔE 27.7 Thistle · ΔE 29.7

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 11.26, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C1EA9E

Analogous#A19EEA, #EA9EE7

Triadic#EAC79E, #9EEAC7

Split complementary#E7EA9E, #9EEAA1

Tetradic#EAA19E, #C1EA9E, #9EE7EA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F7F2FC

Lighter +10%#DFC8F3

Darker −10%#AF74E1

Darker −20%#974AD8

Darker −30%#7E2BC4

Darker −40%#63219B

More saturated +25%#C88FF9

Less saturated −25%#C6ADDB

Channel breakdown

R199

G158

B234

Red199 (78%)

Green158 (62%)

Blue234 (91.8%)

Hue272.37°

Saturation (HSL)64.41%

Lightness76.86%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR C7 · G 9E · B EA

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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