Colour

#C818ED

#C818ED
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark violet

#C818ED is a violet with RGB values 200, 24, 237 and HSL 290°, 86%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#C818ED#C818ED

HEX#C818ED

RGBrgb(200, 24, 237)

RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.0941, 0.9294

RGB percentages78.4%, 9.4%, 92.9%

HSLhsl(289.6, 85.5%, 51.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(289.6, 89.9%, 92.9%)

CMYK15.6%, 89.9%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,113,581

CSS custom property--colour: #C818ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19047WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness136.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.81:1

Contrast with white4.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.81:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#4D4D4D

Inverted#37E712

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#006EF2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 60.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#2E7EE9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 71.6 from the original

Tritanopia#C7548Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.37:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 14.7 Fuchsia · ΔE 17.2 Magenta · ΔE 17.2 Blue violet · ΔE 19.4 Dark orchid · ΔE 22.4 Medium orchid · ΔE 32.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 14.74, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3DED18

Analogous#5E18ED, #ED18A7

Triadic#EDC818, #18EDC8

Split complementary#A8ED18, #18ED5D

Tetradic#ED5D18, #3DED18, #18A7ED

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F5D5FC

Lighter +30%#EAA6F8

Lighter +20%#DF77F4

Lighter +10%#D347F1

Darker −10%#A40FC3

Darker −20%#7C0B94

Darker −30%#540864

Darker −40%#2C0435

More saturated +25%#D406FF

Less saturated −25%#B437CE

Channel breakdown

R200

G24

B237

Red200 (78.4%)

Green24 (9.4%)

Blue237 (92.9%)

Hue289.58°

Saturation (HSL)85.54%

Lightness51.18%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR C8 · G 18 · B ED

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Colour values

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