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Recognised as Colour

#C951E5

  • #C951E5
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#C951E5 is a violet with RGB values 201, 81, 229 and HSL 289°, 74%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#C951E5#C951E5
HEX#C951E5
RGBrgb(201, 81, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.3176, 0.898
RGB percentages78.8%, 31.8%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(288.6, 74%, 60.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(288.6, 64.6%, 89.8%)
CMYK12.2%, 64.6%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,193,701
CSS custom property--colour: #C951E5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2396WCAG 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 5.79:1
Contrast with white3.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.79:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#757575
Inverted#36AE1A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#217EE9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 55.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#5C8AE1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 57.6 from the original
Tritanopia#C96B94no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.63:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 11Dark orchid · ΔE 14.5Orchid · ΔE 23.9Violet · ΔE 24.5Dark violet · ΔE 25Blue violet · ΔE 25.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 10.97, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6DE551
Analogous#7F51E5, #E551B7
Triadic#E5C951, #51E5C9
Split complementary#B7E551, #51E57F
Tetradic#E57F51, #6DE551, #51B7E5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F2D6F9
Lighter +20%#E5AAF2
Lighter +10%#D77DEC
Darker −10%#BB25DE
Darker −20%#981BB5
Darker −30%#731489
Darker −40%#4D0E5C
More saturated +25%#D938FE
Less saturated −25%#B96ACC

Channel breakdown

R201
G81
B229
Red201 (78.8%)
Green81 (31.8%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue288.65°
Saturation (HSL)74%
Lightness60.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C9 · G 51 · B E5

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