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Recognised as Colour

#CC7AF4

  • #CC7AF4
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#CC7AF4 is a violet with RGB values 204, 122, 244 and HSL 280°, 85%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#CC7AF4#CC7AF4
HEX#CC7AF4
RGBrgb(204, 122, 244)
RGB (0–1)0.8, 0.4784, 0.9569
RGB percentages80%, 47.8%, 95.7%
HSLhsl(280.3, 84.7%, 71.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.3, 50%, 95.7%)
CMYK16.4%, 50%, 0%, 4.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,400,820
CSS custom property--colour: #CC7AF4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33288WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.66:1
Contrast with white2.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#33850B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5E98F8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#779EF1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.9 from the original
Tritanopia#C98DACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.74:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 12.8Violet · ΔE 13.7Orchid · ΔE 14.7Medium purple · ΔE 18.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 23.5Slate blue · ΔE 26.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 12.84, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A2F47A
Analogous#8F7AF4, #F47ADF
Triadic#F4CC7A, #7AF4CC
Split complementary#DFF47A, #7AF48F
Tetradic#F48F7A, #A2F47A, #7ADFF4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F0D8FC
Lighter +10%#DEA9F8
Darker −10%#BA4BF0
Darker −20%#A81CEC
Darker −30%#8A10C5
Darker −40%#690C96
More saturated +25%#D06FFF
Less saturated −25%#C68CE2

Channel breakdown

R204
G122
B244
Red204 (80%)
Green122 (47.8%)
Blue244 (95.7%)
Hue280.33°
Saturation (HSL)84.72%
Lightness71.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CC · G 7A · B F4

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