Colour

#C99AED

#C99AED
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#C99AED is a violet with RGB values 201, 154, 237 and HSL 274°, 70%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#C99AED#C99AED

HEX#C99AED

RGBrgb(201, 154, 237)

RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.6039, 0.9294

RGB percentages78.8%, 60.4%, 92.9%

HSLhsl(274, 69.7%, 76.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(274, 35%, 92.9%)

CMYK15.2%, 35%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,212,397

CSS custom property--colour: #C99AED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41643WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness180 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.33:1

Contrast with white2.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA

Inverted#366512

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8AABF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#95AEEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.8 from the original

Tritanopia#C5A6B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.25:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 13.4 Medium purple · ΔE 22 Violet · ΔE 23.7 Orchid · ΔE 23.9 Cornflower blue · ΔE 28.7 Medium orchid · ΔE 33.7

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 13.43, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#BEED9A

Analogous#9F9AED, #ED9AE7

Triadic#EDC99A, #9AEDC9

Split complementary#E8ED9A, #9AED9F

Tetradic#ED9F9A, #BEED9A, #9AE7ED

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F7F1FC

Lighter +10%#E0C5F5

Darker −10%#B26FE5

Darker −20%#9B43DE

Darker −30%#8224CA

Darker −40%#661C9F

More saturated +25%#CB8BFC

Less saturated −25%#C7A9DE

Channel breakdown

R201

G154

B237

Red201 (78.8%)

Green154 (60.4%)

Blue237 (92.9%)

Hue273.98°

Saturation (HSL)69.75%

Lightness76.67%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR C9 · G 9A · B ED

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Colour values

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