Recognised as Colour

#CC98E9

#CC98E9
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#CC98E9 is a violet with RGB values 204, 152, 233 and HSL 279°, 65%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

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HEX#CC98E9

RGBrgb(204, 152, 233)

RGB (0–1)0.8, 0.5961, 0.9137

RGB percentages80%, 59.6%, 91.4%

HSLhsl(278.5, 64.8%, 75.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(278.5, 34.8%, 91.4%)

CMYK12.4%, 34.8%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,408,489

CSS custom property--colour: #CC98E9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41177WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness179.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.24:1

Contrast with white2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9

Inverted#336716

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8AA9ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#96ADE7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.1 from the original

Tritanopia#CAA3B6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 11.9 Orchid · ΔE 22.7 Violet · ΔE 22.7 Medium purple · ΔE 22.8 Cornflower blue · ΔE 30.4 Medium orchid · ΔE 33.3

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 11.92, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#B5E998

Analogous#A398E9, #E998DE

Triadic#E9CC98, #98E9CC

Split complementary#DEE998, #98E9A4

Tetradic#E9A498, #B5E998, #98DEE9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F6ECFB

Lighter +10%#E1C2F2

Darker −10%#B76EE0

Darker −20%#A244D7

Darker −30%#8929BF

Darker −40%#6B2095

More saturated +25%#D088F9

Less saturated −25%#C8A8D9

Channel breakdown

R204

G152

B233

Red204 (80%)

Green152 (59.6%)

Blue233 (91.4%)

Hue278.52°

Saturation (HSL)64.8%

Lightness75.49%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR CC · G 98 · B E9

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

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