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Recognised as Colour

#C882EC

  • #C882EC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Orchid

#C882EC is a violet with RGB values 200, 130, 236 and HSL 280°, 74%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orchid.

Colour values

#C882EC#C882EC
HEX#C882EC
RGBrgb(200, 130, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.5098, 0.9255
RGB percentages78.4%, 51%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(279.6, 73.6%, 71.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(279.6, 44.9%, 92.5%)
CMYK15.3%, 44.9%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,140,716
CSS custom property--colour: #C882EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34301WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness168 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.86:1
Contrast with white2.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#999999
Inverted#377D13

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6C9AF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#7FA0E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.6 from the original
Tritanopia#C592ACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.67:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orchid · ΔE 13.5Violet · ΔE 13.5Medium purple · ΔE 15Medium orchid · ΔE 18.6Plum · ΔE 25.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 26.2
Nearest named CSS colourOrchid (#DA70D6)ΔE 13.49, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A6EC82
Analogous#9382EC, #EC82DB
Triadic#ECC882, #82ECC8
Split complementary#DBEC82, #82EC93
Tetradic#EC9382, #A6EC82, #82DBEC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EFDBF9
Lighter +10%#DBAEF3
Darker −10%#B556E5
Darker −20%#A129DF
Darker −30%#841CB9
Darker −40%#64158D
More saturated +25%#CE70FE
Less saturated −25%#C294DA

Channel breakdown

R200
G130
B236
Red200 (78.4%)
Green130 (51%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue279.62°
Saturation (HSL)73.61%
Lightness71.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C8 · G 82 · B EC

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