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Recognised as Colour

#CC30EF

  • #CC30EF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#CC30EF is a violet with RGB values 204, 48, 239 and HSL 289°, 86%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#CC30EF#CC30EF
HEX#CC30EF
RGBrgb(204, 48, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.8, 0.1882, 0.9373
RGB percentages80%, 18.8%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(289, 85.7%, 56.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(289, 79.9%, 93.7%)
CMYK14.6%, 79.9%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,381,871
CSS custom property--colour: #CC30EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21183WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness142.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.24:1
Contrast with white4.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.24:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F
Inverted#33CF10

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0075F4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 60.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#3F84EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 68.8 from the original
Tritanopia#CC5C92no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.01:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 15.9Fuchsia · ΔE 18.6Magenta · ΔE 18.6Blue violet · ΔE 19.3Dark orchid · ΔE 19.3Medium orchid · ΔE 27.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 15.87, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#53EF30
Analogous#6C30EF, #EF30B3
Triadic#EFCC30, #30EFCC
Split complementary#B2EF30, #30EF6D
Tetradic#EF6D30, #53EF30, #30B3EF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FBEDFE
Lighter +30%#EFBEFA
Lighter +20%#E38FF6
Lighter +10%#D85FF3
Darker −10%#B611DB
Darker −20%#8F0DAC
Darker −30%#670A7C
Darker −40%#40064D
More saturated +25%#D620FF
Less saturated −25%#BA4CD3

Channel breakdown

R204
G48
B239
Red204 (80%)
Green48 (18.8%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue289.01°
Saturation (HSL)85.65%
Lightness56.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CC · G 30 · B EF

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