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Recognised as Colour

#C7A3E0

  • #C7A3E0
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#C7A3E0 is a violet with RGB values 199, 163, 224 and HSL 275°, 50%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#C7A3E0#C7A3E0
HEX#C7A3E0
RGBrgb(199, 163, 224)
RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.6392, 0.8784
RGB percentages78%, 63.9%, 87.8%
HSLhsl(275.4, 49.6%, 75.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275.4, 27.2%, 87.8%)
CMYK11.2%, 27.2%, 0%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,083,616
CSS custom property--colour: #C7A3E0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43718WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.74:1
Contrast with white2.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#385C1F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#99AFE2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A1B1DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20 from the original
Tritanopia#C5ABB9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.16:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 9.1Thistle · ΔE 21.6Light steelblue · ΔE 28.5Cornflower blue · ΔE 29.7Pink · ΔE 31.4Medium purple · ΔE 32.1
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 9.09, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BCE0A3
Analogous#A8A3E0, #E0A3DB
Triadic#E0C7A3, #A3E0C7
Split complementary#DBE0A3, #A3E0A8
Tetradic#E0A8A3, #BCE0A3, #A3DBE0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F5EFFA
Lighter +10%#DEC9ED
Darker −10%#B07DD3
Darker −20%#9957C6
Darker −30%#7F3BAF
Darker −40%#642E89
More saturated +25%#CA94EF
Less saturated −25%#C4B2D1

Channel breakdown

R199
G163
B224
Red199 (78%)
Green163 (63.9%)
Blue224 (87.8%)
Hue275.41°
Saturation (HSL)49.59%
Lightness75.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C7 · G A3 · B E0

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