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Recognised as Colour

#C854ED

  • #C854ED
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#C854ED is a violet with RGB values 200, 84, 237 and HSL 285°, 81%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#C854ED#C854ED
HEX#C854ED
RGBrgb(200, 84, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.3294, 0.9294
RGB percentages78.4%, 32.9%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(285.5, 81%, 62.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285.5, 64.6%, 92.9%)
CMYK15.6%, 64.6%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,128,941
CSS custom property--colour: #C854ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24734WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness150 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.95:1
Contrast with white3.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.95:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#787878
Inverted#37AB12

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#1681F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#578CE9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 57.1 from the original
Tritanopia#C6709Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.53:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 13.3Dark orchid · ΔE 14.1Blue violet · ΔE 23.2Dark violet · ΔE 23.5Orchid · ΔE 26.4Violet · ΔE 26.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 13.29, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#79ED54
Analogous#7B54ED, #ED54C6
Triadic#EDC854, #54EDC8
Split complementary#C5ED54, #54ED7B
Tetradic#ED7C54, #79ED54, #54C6ED

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5DEFC
Lighter +20%#E6B0F7
Lighter +10%#D782F2
Darker −10%#B926E8
Darker −20%#9B15C6
Darker −30%#771098
Darker −40%#530B6A
More saturated +25%#D142FF
Less saturated −25%#BC6CD5

Channel breakdown

R200
G84
B237
Red200 (78.4%)
Green84 (32.9%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue285.49°
Saturation (HSL)80.95%
Lightness62.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C8 · G 54 · B ED

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