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Recognised as Colour

#CC5FED

  • #CC5FED
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#CC5FED is a violet with RGB values 204, 95, 237 and HSL 286°, 80%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#CC5FED#CC5FED
HEX#CC5FED
RGBrgb(204, 95, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.8, 0.3725, 0.9294
RGB percentages80%, 37.3%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(286.1, 79.8%, 65.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(286.1, 59.9%, 92.9%)
CMYK13.9%, 59.9%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,393,901
CSS custom property--colour: #CC5FED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27136WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.43:1
Contrast with white3.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.43:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#808080
Inverted#33A012

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3887F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#6492E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.3 from the original
Tritanopia#CB779Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.27:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 9.3Dark orchid · ΔE 17.2Violet · ΔE 20.9Orchid · ΔE 21Medium slateblue · ΔE 26.8Medium purple · ΔE 27.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 9.32, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#80ED5F
Analogous#855FED, #ED5FC7
Triadic#EDCC5F, #5FEDCC
Split complementary#C7ED5F, #5FED85
Tetradic#ED855F, #80ED5F, #5FC7ED

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8E9FC
Lighter +20%#E9BBF7
Lighter +10%#DB8DF2
Darker −10%#BD31E8
Darker −20%#A417CF
Darker −30%#8012A1
Darker −40%#5B0D73
More saturated +25%#D64DFF
Less saturated −25%#C075D7

Channel breakdown

R204
G95
B237
Red204 (80%)
Green95 (37.3%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue286.06°
Saturation (HSL)79.78%
Lightness65.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CC · G 5F · B ED

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