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Recognised as Colour

#CC8EF6

  • #CC8EF6
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Violet

#CC8EF6 is a violet with RGB values 204, 142, 246 and HSL 276°, 85%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Violet.

Colour values

#CC8EF6#CC8EF6
HEX#CC8EF6
RGBrgb(204, 142, 246)
RGB (0–1)0.8, 0.5569, 0.9647
RGB percentages80%, 55.7%, 96.5%
HSLhsl(275.8, 85.2%, 76.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275.8, 42.3%, 96.5%)
CMYK17.1%, 42.3%, 0%, 3.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,405,942
CSS custom property--colour: #CC8EF6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38837WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.77:1
Contrast with white2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#337109

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#78A4FAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#88A9F3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.5 from the original
Tritanopia#C79EB6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Violet · ΔE 15.7Medium purple · ΔE 16.2Orchid · ΔE 16.9Medium orchid · ΔE 23.1Plum · ΔE 23.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 27.7
Nearest named CSS colourViolet (#EE82EE)ΔE 15.68, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B8F68E
Analogous#988EF6, #F68EEC
Triadic#F6CC8E, #8EF6CC
Split complementary#ECF68E, #8EF698
Tetradic#F6988E, #B8F68E, #8EECF6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F7ECFE
Lighter +10%#E1BDFA
Darker −10%#B75FF2
Darker −20%#A130EE
Darker −30%#8911DA
Darker −40%#6B0EAA
More saturated +25%#CE85FF
Less saturated −25%#C99DE7

Channel breakdown

R204
G142
B246
Red204 (80%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue246 (96.5%)
Hue275.77°
Saturation (HSL)85.25%
Lightness76.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CC · G 8E · B F6

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