#c85eea Color Information

#c85eea Color Information
Details | Shades, Tints, and Tones | Variations | Color Coordinates | Color Schemes | HTML+CSS Examples | Coding & Programming | Color Blindness | Accessibility | Related Colors

The hexadecimal value (hex value) of this color is #c85eea. In RGB, it consists of 78.4% Red, 36.9% Green, and 91.8% Blue. Likewise, in the CMYK color space, it consists of 14.5% Cyan, 59.8% Magenta, 0% Yellow, and 8.2% Black. On the color wheel, its Hue is found at 285.4°, with saturation of 76.9% and lightness of 64.3%. The decimal value for #c85eea is 13131498, and its nearest "web safe" color is #cc66ff. In the RGB color space, the strongest component for #c85eea is blue. In the CMYK color space, its strongest component is magenta. And in the RYB color space, its strongest component is blue.
  • HexHex code for this color#c85eea Copy
  • NameThe common name of this color(Unnamed) Copy
  • RGBRed, Green, Blue composition for this color200, 94, 234 Copy
  • RGB PercentPercent Red, Green, Blue composition for this color78.4%, 36.9%, 91.8% Copy
  • CMYCyan, Magenta, Yellow composition for this color0.216, 0.631, 0.082 Copy
  • CMYKCyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black composition for this color0.145, 0.598, 0, 0.082 Copy
  • HSLHue, Saturation, Lightness combination for this color285.4°, 76.9%, 64.3% Copy
  • HSV (or HSB)Hue, Saturation, Brightness combination for this color285.4°, 59.8%, 91.8% Copy
  • XYZCIE 1931 color space XYZ coordinates for this color42.673, 26.225, 80.655 Copy
  • RYBRed, Yellow, Blue composition for this color200, 94, 234 Copy
  • DecimalDecimal representation of this color's hex code13131498 Copy
  • CIE-LABCIELAB color space coordinates for this color58.250, 62.818, -52.944 Copy
  • CIE-LCHCIE-LCH color space coordinates for this color (chroma, hue, etc.)58.250, 82.154, 319.875 Copy
  • CIE-LUVCIE-LUV color space coordinates for this color58.250, 40.827, -91.038 Copy
  • Hunter LabHunter-Lab color space coordinates for this color51.211, 59.124, -57.532 Copy
  • xyYCIE xyY color space coordinates for this color0.285, 0.175, 26.225 Copy
  • AndroidValue of this color in Android development4291321578 / 0xffc85eea Copy
  • Web SafeHex code of the nearest "web safe" version of this color#cc66ff Copy
Last Updated: December 4, 2024

Shades of #c85eea

Shades are created by adding black to or removing lightness from a particular color. For #c85eea, its pure hue is 285.4° on the color wheel and its saturation is 76.9%, and its lightness is 64.3%. As the amount of black is added to this hue and we reduce its lightness, the result is increasingly darker shades tints. The palette given below provides 9 different shades of #c85eea, which — excluding black and our original color — range from #190c1d to #af52cd.

Tints of #c85eea

Tints are created by adding white or lightness to a particular color. For #c85eea, its pure hue is 285.4° on the color wheel and its saturation is 76.9%, and its lightness is 64.3%. As the amount of white (lightness) is added to this hue, the result is increasingly lighter tints. The following palette gives 9 different tints of #c85eea, which — excluding white and our original color — range from #cf72ed to #f8ebfc.

Tones of #c85eea

Tones are the result of adding gray to a pure hue. In the case of #c85eea, its pure hue is 285.4° on the color wheel and its saturation is 76.9%, so we increase this saturation to create more colorful tones, and decrease the saturation to create grayer tones. The palette shown below gives 9 different tones of #c85eea, which range from #a4a4a4 (the grayest / 0% saturation) to #d349ff (the most colorful / 100% saturation).

Variations of #c85eea

There are several ways to create color variations and premutations of #c85eea! For #c85eea, there are 6 variations of the color that can be created by swapping its Red, Green, and Blue color positions, of which 5 are different from our original color. Among these six variations, there are 6 unique colors including our original color, #c85eea. Click on these colors to learn more about them, too!

Color Coordinates of #c85eea

This color, #c85eea, consists of 78.4% Red, 36.9% Green, and 91.8% Blue, resulting in color coordinates Red = 200, Green = 94, Blue = 234. Likewise, the CMYK color space composition for #c85eea is 14.5% Cyan, 59.8% Magenta, 0% Yellow, and 8.2% Black. These values are shown in the following charts and tables.

R78.4%
C14.5%
G36.9%
M59.8%
B91.8%
Y0.0%
K8.2%
Color Base R (Red) G (Green) B (Blue)
Decimal 200 94 234
Octal 310 136 352
Hexa #c8 #5e #ea
Binary 11001000 01011110 11101010
Color Base C (Cyan) M (Magenta) Y (Yellow) Y (Black)
Decimal 14 59 0 8
Octal 16 73 0 10
Hexa #0e #3b #00 #08
Binary 00001110 00111011 00000000 00001000

Analogous Colors of #c85eea

Analogous colors are located 30 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel. For #c85eea — which has hue 285.4° — its analogous colors are located at 255.4° and 315.4° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #c85eea.

Triadic Colors of #c85eea

Triadic colors are located 120 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel, which means the original color and its triadic colors are equidistant from one another on the color wheel and form a triangle. For #c85eea — which has hue 285.4° — its triadic colors are located at 45.4° and 285.4° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #c85eea.

Complementary Color of #c85eea

A complementary color is located opposite a color on the color wheel (180 degrees away). For #c85eea — which has hue 285.4° — its complementary color is located at 105.4° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #c85eea.

Split Complementary Colors of #c85eea

Split complementary colors are the analogs of a color's complement, which places them 210 degrees away on the color wheel from an original color. For #c85eea — which has hue 285.4° — its split complementary colors its split complementary colors are located at 75.4° and 285.4° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #c85eea.

Tetradic Colors of #c85eea

Tetradic colors are two sets of complementary colors on either side of a color wheel from each other, forming a rectangle on the color wheel. For #c85eea — which has hue 285.4° — its tetradic colors are located at 195.4°, 285.4°, 15.4°, and 105.4° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #c85eea.

Monochromatic Colors of #c85eea

Monochromatic colors are colors that share a common hue but that have different saturations and lightness. For #c85eea, we show 9 different monochromatic colors of it, ranging from #9e29c4 — (which has very low saturation and very low lightness) — to #e6a9fa (which has a very high saturation and very high lightness).

HTML+CSS Examples & Previews of #c85eea

We want to make getting started with #c85eea on your website fast and easy! Below are 8 examples of how to integrate #c85eea into a website using HTML+CSS. These examples include showing how #c85eea can be used to color text, backgrounds, shadows, and borders, as well as how it can be used as a solid fill or gradient fill for rectangles. These examples principally make use of <span> and <div> tags, although the CSS shown in particular can be repurposed to make use of #c85eea with other HTML elements.

#c85eea Foreground / Text Color

The color of this text is #c85eea.
<span style="color: #c85eea;">The color of this text is #c85eea.</span>

#c85eea Background Color

The background color for this text is #c85eea.
<div style="background-color: #c85eea; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">The background color for this text is #c85eea.</div>

#c85eea Text Shadow Color

This color for the shadow of this text is #c85eea.
<span style="text-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #c85eea;">This color for the shadow of this text is #c85eea.</span>

#c85eea Border Color

This is a div with border color #c85eea.
<div style="border: #c85eea 4px solid;width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a div with border color #c85eea.</div>

#c85eea Color Rectangle on a White Background

This is a rectangle of color #c85eea on a white background.
<div style="background-color: #ffffff; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #c85eea; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #c85eea on a white background.</div></div>

#c85eea Color Rectangle on a Black Background

This is a rectangle of color #c85eea on a black background.
<div style="background-color: #000000; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #c85eea; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #c85eea on a black background.</div></div>

Gradient from #c85eea to White

This is a gradient from #c85eea to white.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#c85eea,white); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#c85eea,white); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#c85eea,white); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#c85eea,white); width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #c85eea to white.</div>

Gradient from #c85eea to Black

This is a gradient from #c85eea to black.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#c85eea,black); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#c85eea,black); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#c85eea,black); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#c85eea,black); color: #ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #c85eea to black.</div>

Coding & Programming with #c85eea

In addition to using #c85eea on the web, we know you might want to use it in your mobile and desktop apps, too. Whatever your needs, the table below shows how to access #c85eea in the language and environment of your choice. These code snippets are principally the hexadecimal representation of #c85eea, or the RGB color coordinates for the same (Red = 200, Green = 94, Blue = 234). If you need details about the color coordinates of #c85eea in other color spaces, refer to these details as provided toward the top of this page.

Language Environment Code Snippet
HTML + CSS (Hex Code) Web #c85eea
HTML + CSS (RGB Code) Web rgb(200, 94, 234)
CSS Background Color Web .myclass { background-color: #c85eea; }
CSS Foreground + Text Color Web .myclass { color: #c85eea; }
CSS Border Color Web .myclass { border: 2px solid #c85eea; }
Java (Multi-platform) new Color(200, 94, 234);
Python (Multi-platform) Color("#c85eea")
Swift iOS UIColor(red:200, green:94, blue:234, alpha:1.0000)
Objective-C (iOS) iOS [UIColor colorWithRed:200 green:94 blue:234 alpha:1.0000];
OpenGL (Graphics) glColor3f(200f, 94f, 234f);
C# / .NET Windows Color.FromArgb(200, 94, 234);
 

#c85eea Color Blindness

Not everyone can see #c85eea the same way. For those with color blindness, #c85eea might look very, very different. Here, we simulate eight examples of color blindness, and how #c85eea looks next to each one of them. In all cases, #c85eea is placed in a circle in the upper-left corner of each of the below boxes, with the color in the rest of those boxes signifying how #c85eea looks for someone with that type of color blindness. Many people will perceive close similarities between the colors in these boxes and the colors in the circles — with some noticing particular similarities. We offer this insight so that as you make choices about colors to use for your purposes, you can make an informed decision about whether #c85eea will be a good fit for everyone in your audience!

Trichromacy

Protanomaly
Affects 1 in 100 Men & 1 in 10,000 Women

Deuteranomaly
Affects 1 in 17 Men & 1 in 250 Women

Tritanomaly
Affects 1 in 10,000

Dichromacy

Protanopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Deuteranopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Tritanopia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Monochromacy

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 20,000

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Accessibility

Not Accessibility Recommended

We analyzed whether #c85eea is an accessible color when used as a text / foreground color against a white background. This analysis is based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2 Level issued by W3C. Based on this analysis, we calculate a contrast ratio against white of approximately 3.4:1 against white. While there are some situations where this contrast is high enough to be considered accessible under the AA or AAA level standards, it is not high enough to be considered accessible in all cases. Details about the specific circumstances where #c85eea would and would not be an accessible foreground color are summarized below.

WCAG AA
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WCAG AA
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WCAG AAA
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WCAG AAA
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