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Recognised as Colour

#C868DE

  • #C868DE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#C868DE is a violet with RGB values 200, 104, 222 and HSL 289°, 64%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#C868DE#C868DE
HEX#C868DE
RGBrgb(200, 104, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.4078, 0.8706
RGB percentages78.4%, 40.8%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(288.8, 64.1%, 63.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(288.8, 53.2%, 87.1%)
CMYK9.9%, 53.2%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,134,046
CSS custom property--colour: #C868DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27454WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness154.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.49:1
Contrast with white3.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.49:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#858585
Inverted#379721

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5288E2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#7192DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.6 from the original
Tritanopia#C97999no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.24:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 7.3Orchid · ΔE 10.6Violet · ΔE 12.8Medium purple · ΔE 20.2Dark orchid · ΔE 24.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 26.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 7.29, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7EDE68
Analogous#8D68DE, #DE68B9
Triadic#DEC868, #68DEC8
Split complementary#B9DE68, #68DE8D
Tetradic#DE8D68, #7EDE68, #68B9DE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F6E6F9
Lighter +20%#E6BCF0
Lighter +10%#D792E7
Darker −10%#B93ED5
Darker −20%#9D28B8
Darker −30%#791F8E
Darker −40%#561664
More saturated +25%#D651F5
Less saturated −25%#BA7FC7

Channel breakdown

R200
G104
B222
Red200 (78.4%)
Green104 (40.8%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue288.81°
Saturation (HSL)64.13%
Lightness63.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C8 · G 68 · B DE

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