purplecoolCC0 survey name

Bright Lavender #C760FF

Bright Lavender is a light, vivid cool color (#C760FF; HSL 279° 100% 69%). Name from the public-domain xkcd color survey (CC0), where it was contributed as “bright lavender”.

Use cases: Creative accents · Royal themes

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Families: Purples · Lilac Colors · Violet Colors

Color values

FormatValue
HEX#C760FF
RGBrgb(199, 96, 255)
HSLhsl(279, 100%, 69%)
HSVhsv(279, 62%, 100%)
OKLCHoklch(68.06% 0.235 311.6)
OKLaboklab(68.06% 0.1559 -0.1757)
CMYKcmyk(22%, 62.4%, 0%, 0%)
XYZxyz(45.7828, 27.729, 97.5288)
CIE-LABlab(59.6, 65.9, -62.4)
CIE-LCHlch(59.6, 90.7, 316.6°)
Luminance0.277 (WCAG relative)
/* Bright Lavender */ --bright-lavender: #c760ff; color: #c760ff; background-color: #c760ff;

Source: xkcd color survey name (public domain, CC0). CSS keyword: brightlavender.

Shade scale

Perceptual 50–950 scale, interpolated in CIE-LAB. Step 500 is the base color. Edit in the shade generator →

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Shades (toward black)

#b157e2 #9c4ec6 #8745ab #733c91 #603377 #4d2a5f #3a2247 #291931 #19101c #000000

Tints (toward white)

#ce72ff #d583ff #dc93ff #e2a3ff #e8b2ff #edc2ff #f2d1ff #f7e0ff #fbf0ff #ffffff

Tones (toward gray)

#c367f4 #be6de8 #b973dd #b478d2 #af7cc7 #a981bc #a385b1 #9d89a6 #978c9b #909090

Color harmonies

Complementary

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#C760FF
#98FF60
#c760ff #98ff60

Analogous

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#7860FF
#C760FF
#FF60E8
#7860ff #c760ff #ff60e8

Triadic

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#C760FF
#FFC760
#60FFC7
#c760ff #ffc760 #60ffc7

Tetradic

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#C760FF
#FF7860
#98FF60
#60E8FF
#c760ff #ff7860 #98ff60 #60e8ff

Square

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#C760FF
#FF7860
#98FF60
#60E8FF
#c760ff #ff7860 #98ff60 #60e8ff

Split Complementary

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#C760FF
#E8FF60
#60FF78
#c760ff #e8ff60 #60ff78

Monochromatic

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#9400E5
#B123FF
#C760FF
#DD9DFF
#F2DAFF
#9400e5 #b123ff #c760ff #dd9dff #f2daff

Accessibility & contrast

3.21
#C760FF on #FFFFFF
AA text AA large AAA text UI 3:1
6.55
#C760FF on #000000
AA text AA large AAA text UI 3:1

Best text on bright lavender

6.55
#000000 text

WCAG 2.1: AA needs ≥4.5:1 for normal text, ≥3:1 for large text and UI components; AAA needs ≥7:1 / ≥4.5:1. Open the contrast checker →

Color blindness preview

Simulation using the Machado et al. (2009) physiological model, severity 1.0. This is an approximation of perception — not a medical assessment.

Normal vision
Protanopia (red-blind)
#108BFF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5192FB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C07FA7

Closest named colors

Nearest matches by CIEDE2000 perceptual distance (ΔE₀₀) across the full color database.

ColorNameΔE₀₀
Bright Lilac #C95EFB0.80
Easter Purple #C071FE3.34
Heliotrope #D94FF54.03
Light Urple #B36FF64.09
Light Purple #BF77F64.72
Lighter Purple #A55AF46.37

Colors that go with bright lavender

Top matches by hue harmony, contrast and saturation compatibility.

Darkorchid #9932CC
1.8:1
Same hue family as bright lavender (Δh 1°) — guaranteed harmony
Ultramarine #2000B1
3.9:1
Analogous hue (Δh ≈28°) — neighbors on the color wheel
Gold #FFD700
2.3:1
Triadic harmony (Δh ≈132°) — balanced three-way contrast
Green Yellow #B5CE08
1.8:1
Split-complementary angle (Δh ≈149°) — strong but softer than direct complement
Green Apple #5EDC1F
1.8:1
Complementary hue (Δh ≈179°) — maximum hue contrast

Values computed from the sRGB color model. CMYK is the naive sRGB conversion without an ICC profile. RGB percentages may differ between color-managed applications.