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Colour

#C95DE8

  • #C95DE8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#C95DE8 is a violet with RGB values 201, 93, 232 and HSL 287°, 75%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#C95DE8#C95DE8
HEX#C95DE8
RGBrgb(201, 93, 232)
RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.3647, 0.9098
RGB percentages78.8%, 36.5%, 91%
HSLhsl(286.6, 75.1%, 63.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(286.6, 59.9%, 91%)
CMYK13.4%, 59.9%, 0%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,196,776
CSS custom property--colour: #C95DE8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26072WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.21:1
Contrast with white3.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.21:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7E7E7E
Inverted#36A217

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3785ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52 from the original
Deuteranopia#638FE4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.5 from the original
Tritanopia#C8749Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.38:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 7.6Dark orchid · ΔE 16.9Orchid · ΔE 19.9Violet · ΔE 20.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 26.5Medium purple · ΔE 26.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 7.6, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7CE85D
Analogous#835DE8, #E85DC2
Triadic#E8C95D, #5DE8C9
Split complementary#C2E85D, #5DE883
Tetradic#E8835D, #7CE85D, #5DC2E8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F6E3FB
Lighter +20%#E7B6F5
Lighter +10%#D88AEE
Darker −10%#BA30E2
Darker −20%#9E1CC3
Darker −30%#7A1597
Darker −40%#560F6A
More saturated +25%#D646FF
Less saturated −25%#BC74D1

Channel breakdown

R201
G93
B232
Red201 (78.8%)
Green93 (36.5%)
Blue232 (91%)
Hue286.62°
Saturation (HSL)75.14%
Lightness63.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C9 · G 5D · B E8

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