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Recognised as Colour

#C877DE

  • #C877DE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Orchid

#C877DE is a violet with RGB values 200, 119, 222 and HSL 287°, 61%, 67%. 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

#C877DE#C877DE
HEX#C877DE
RGBrgb(200, 119, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.4667, 0.8706
RGB percentages78.4%, 46.7%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(287.2, 60.9%, 66.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(287.2, 46.4%, 87.1%)
CMYK9.9%, 46.4%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,137,886
CSS custom property--colour: #C877DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30747WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness160.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.15:1
Contrast with white2.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#909090
Inverted#378821

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6691E2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40 from the original
Deuteranopia#7D99DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.1 from the original
Tritanopia#C885A0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.94:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orchid · ΔE 9Violet · ΔE 11.5Medium orchid · ΔE 15.9Medium purple · ΔE 16.9Plum · ΔE 26.2Slate blue · ΔE 27.5
Nearest named CSS colourOrchid (#DA70D6)ΔE 8.99, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8DDE77
Analogous#9477DE, #DE77C1
Triadic#DEC877, #77DEC8
Split complementary#C1DE77, #77DE95
Tetradic#DE9577, #8DDE77, #77C1DE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAF2FC
Lighter +20%#E9C9F2
Lighter +10%#D9A0E8
Darker −10%#B74ED4
Darker −20%#A12FC0
Darker −30%#7F2597
Darker −40%#5C1B6E
More saturated +25%#D462F3
Less saturated −25%#BC8CC9

Channel breakdown

R200
G119
B222
Red200 (78.4%)
Green119 (46.7%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue287.18°
Saturation (HSL)60.95%
Lightness66.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C8 · G 77 · B DE

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