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Recognised as Colour

#C962FD

  • #C962FD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#C962FD is a violet with RGB values 201, 98, 253 and HSL 280°, 97%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#C962FD#C962FD
HEX#C962FD
RGBrgb(201, 98, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.3843, 0.9922
RGB percentages78.8%, 38.4%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(279.9, 97.5%, 68.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(279.9, 61.3%, 99.2%)
CMYK20.6%, 61.3%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,198,077
CSS custom property--colour: #C962FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28245WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.65:1
Contrast with white3.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.65:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#838383
Inverted#369D02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#228CFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#5793F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53 from the original
Tritanopia#C37FA7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.16:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 15.8Dark orchid · ΔE 16.7Blue violet · ΔE 23.4Dark violet · ΔE 25.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 25.7Violet · ΔE 27
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 15.78, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#96FD62
Analogous#7C62FD, #FD62E3
Triadic#FDC962, #62FDC9
Split complementary#E3FD62, #62FD7B
Tetradic#FD7B62, #96FD62, #62E3FD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDF9FF
Lighter +20%#ECC7FE
Lighter +10%#DA94FE
Darker −10%#B830FC
Darker −20%#A403F6
Darker −30%#8302C4
Darker −40%#610291
More saturated +25%#CA60FF
Less saturated −25%#C276E9

Channel breakdown

R201
G98
B253
Red201 (78.8%)
Green98 (38.4%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue279.87°
Saturation (HSL)97.48%
Lightness68.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C9 · G 62 · B FD

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