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Recognised as Colour

#C869E6

  • #C869E6
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#C869E6 is a violet with RGB values 200, 105, 230 and HSL 286°, 71%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#C869E6#C869E6
HEX#C869E6
RGBrgb(200, 105, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.4118, 0.902
RGB percentages78.4%, 41.2%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(285.6, 71.4%, 65.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285.6, 54.3%, 90.2%)
CMYK13%, 54.3%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,134,310
CSS custom property--colour: #C869E6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28096WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.62:1
Contrast with white3.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.62:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#868686
Inverted#379619

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4D8AEAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#6D94E3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.3 from the original
Tritanopia#C77C9Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.17:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 6.7Orchid · ΔE 13.9Violet · ΔE 14.8Medium purple · ΔE 20.7Dark orchid · ΔE 22.2Medium slateblue · ΔE 24.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 6.75, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#87E669
Analogous#8969E6, #E669C6
Triadic#E6C869, #69E6C8
Split complementary#C6E669, #69E689
Tetradic#E68969, #87E669, #69C6E6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8ECFC
Lighter +20%#E8C0F5
Lighter +10%#D895ED
Darker −10%#B83DDF
Darker −20%#A021C8
Darker −30%#7D1A9C
Darker −40%#5A1370
More saturated +25%#D353FC
Less saturated −25%#BD7FD0

Channel breakdown

R200
G105
B230
Red200 (78.4%)
Green105 (41.2%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue285.6°
Saturation (HSL)71.43%
Lightness65.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C8 · G 69 · B E6

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