Recognised as Colour

#C877DC

#C877DC
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Orchid

#C877DC is a violet with RGB values 200, 119, 220 and HSL 288°, 59%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orchid.

Colour values

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HEX#C877DC

RGBrgb(200, 119, 220)

RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.4667, 0.8627

RGB percentages78.4%, 46.7%, 86.3%

HSLhsl(288.1, 59.1%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(288.1, 45.9%, 86.3%)

CMYK9.1%, 45.9%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,137,884

CSS custom property--colour: #C877DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3064WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness160.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.13:1

Contrast with white2.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#909090

Inverted#378823

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6791E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40 from the original

Deuteranopia#7E99D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41 from the original

Tritanopia#C9849Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.95:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orchid · ΔE 8.8 Violet · ΔE 11.6 Medium orchid · ΔE 16.6 Medium purple · ΔE 17.3 Plum · ΔE 25.3 Slate blue · ΔE 27.9

Nearest named CSS colourOrchid (#DA70D6)ΔE 8.78, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8BDC77

Analogous#9577DC, #DC77BE

Triadic#DCC877, #77DCC8

Split complementary#BEDC77, #77DC95

Tetradic#DC9577, #8BDC77, #77BEDC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F9F1FB

Lighter +20%#E9C8F1

Lighter +10%#D8A0E6

Darker −10%#B84ED2

Darker −20%#A131BC

Darker −30%#7E2694

Darker −40%#5C1C6B

More saturated +25%#D562F1

Less saturated −25%#BB8CC7

Channel breakdown

R200

G119

B220

Red200 (78.4%)

Green119 (46.7%)

Blue220 (86.3%)

Hue288.12°

Saturation (HSL)59.06%

Lightness66.47%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR C8 · G 77 · B DC

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Colour values

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