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Colour

#C940FF

  • #C940FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#C940FF is a violet with RGB values 201, 64, 255 and HSL 283°, 100%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#C940FF#C940FF
HEX#C940FF
RGBrgb(201, 64, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.251, 1
RGB percentages78.8%, 25.1%, 100%
HSLhsl(283, 100%, 62.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(283, 74.9%, 100%)
CMYK21.2%, 74.9%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,189,375
CSS custom property--colour: #C940FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23304WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.66:1
Contrast with white3.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.66:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6B6B6B
Inverted#36BF00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#007DFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 58.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#3188FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 64.5 from the original
Tritanopia#C46C9Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.71:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 16.1Blue violet · ΔE 17Dark orchid · ΔE 20.5Fuchsia · ΔE 21.6Magenta · ΔE 21.6Medium orchid · ΔE 29.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 16.07, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#76FF40
Analogous#6940FF, #FF40D6
Triadic#FFC940, #40FFC9
Split complementary#D6FF40, #40FF69
Tetradic#FF6940, #76FF40, #40D6FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F4D9FF
Lighter +20%#E6A6FF
Lighter +10%#D773FF
Darker −10%#BB0DFF
Darker −20%#9C00D9
Darker −30%#7700A6
Darker −40%#520073
More saturated +25%#C940FF
Less saturated −25%#BF58E7

Channel breakdown

R201
G64
B255
Red201 (78.8%)
Green64 (25.1%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue283.04°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness62.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C9 · G 40 · B FF

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