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Recognised as Colour

#C96AFF

  • #C96AFF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#C96AFF is a violet with RGB values 201, 106, 255 and HSL 278°, 100%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#C96AFF#C96AFF
HEX#C96AFF
RGBrgb(201, 106, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.4157, 1
RGB percentages78.8%, 41.6%, 100%
HSLhsl(278.3, 100%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278.3, 58.4%, 100%)
CMYK21.2%, 58.4%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,200,127
CSS custom property--colour: #C96AFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29946WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.99:1
Contrast with white3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.99:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#898989
Inverted#369500

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3590FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#5D97FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.4 from the original
Tritanopia#C385ABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 14.5Dark orchid · ΔE 18.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 23.5Violet · ΔE 24.4Orchid · ΔE 25.6Blue violet · ΔE 26.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 14.48, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A0FF6A
Analogous#7F6AFF, #FF6AEA
Triadic#FFC96A, #6AFFC9
Split complementary#EAFF6A, #6AFF7F
Tetradic#FF7F6A, #A0FF6A, #6AEAFF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EED0FF
Lighter +10%#DB9DFF
Darker −10%#B737FF
Darker −20%#A404FF
Darker −30%#8500D0
Darker −40%#64009D
More saturated +25%#C96AFF
Less saturated −25%#C47DEC

Channel breakdown

R201
G106
B255
Red201 (78.8%)
Green106 (41.6%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue278.26°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C9 · G 6A · B FF

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