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Recognised as Colour

#C968DE

  • #C968DE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#C968DE is a violet with RGB values 201, 104, 222 and HSL 289°, 64%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#C968DE#C968DE
HEX#C968DE
RGBrgb(201, 104, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.4078, 0.8706
RGB percentages78.8%, 40.8%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(289.3, 64.1%, 63.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(289.3, 53.2%, 87.1%)
CMYK9.5%, 53.2%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,199,582
CSS custom property--colour: #C968DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27592WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.52:1
Contrast with white3.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.52:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#858585
Inverted#369721

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5289E2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47 from the original
Deuteranopia#7293DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.2 from the original
Tritanopia#CA7999no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.22:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 7.4Orchid · ΔE 10.3Violet · ΔE 12.6Medium purple · ΔE 20.6Dark orchid · ΔE 24.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 27
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 7.37, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7DDE68
Analogous#8E68DE, #DE68B8
Triadic#DEC968, #68DEC9
Split complementary#B8DE68, #68DE8E
Tetradic#DE8E68, #7DDE68, #68B8DE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F6E6F9
Lighter +20%#E7BCF0
Lighter +10%#D892E7
Darker −10%#BA3ED5
Darker −20%#9E28B8
Darker −30%#7A1F8E
Darker −40%#561664
More saturated +25%#D851F5
Less saturated −25%#BA7FC7

Channel breakdown

R201
G104
B222
Red201 (78.8%)
Green104 (40.8%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue289.32°
Saturation (HSL)64.13%
Lightness63.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C9 · G 68 · B DE

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