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Colour

#CC66FF

  • #CC66FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#CC66FF is a violet with RGB values 204, 102, 255 and HSL 280°, 100%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#CC66FF#CC66FF
HEX#CC66FF
HEX (short)#C6F
RGBrgb(204, 102, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.8, 0.4, 1
RGB percentages80%, 40%, 100%
HSLhsl(280, 100%, 70%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280, 60%, 100%)
CMYK20%, 60%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,395,711
CSS custom property--colour: #CC66FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2956WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.91:1
Contrast with white3.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.91:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#878787
Inverted#339900

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2E8FFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#5C96FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.5 from the original
Tritanopia#C782A9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.04:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 15.4Dark orchid · ΔE 17.9Blue violet · ΔE 24.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 25.6Violet · ΔE 25.7Orchid · ΔE 26.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 15.4, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#99FF66
Analogous#8066FF, #FF66E5
Triadic#FFCC66, #66FFCC
Split complementary#E5FF66, #66FF7F
Tetradic#FF8066, #99FF66, #66E6FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EECCFF
Lighter +10%#DD99FF
Darker −10%#BB33FF
Darker −20%#AA00FF
Darker −30%#8800CC
Darker −40%#660099
More saturated +25%#CC66FF
Less saturated −25%#C679EC

Channel breakdown

R204
G102
B255
Red204 (80%)
Green102 (40%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue280°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness70%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CC · G 66 · B FF

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