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Recognised as Colour

#C1ADD3

  • #C1ADD3
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Thistle

#C1ADD3 is a violet with RGB values 193, 173, 211 and HSL 272°, 30%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#C1ADD3#C1ADD3
HEX#C1ADD3
RGBrgb(193, 173, 211)
RGB (0–1)0.7569, 0.6784, 0.8275
RGB percentages75.7%, 67.8%, 82.7%
HSLhsl(271.6, 30.2%, 75.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(271.6, 18%, 82.7%)
CMYK8.5%, 18%, 0%, 17.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,692,947
CSS custom property--colour: #C1ADD3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45928WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.19:1
Contrast with white2.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#3E522C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A7B4D5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#ABB5D2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.8 from the original
Tritanopia#BFB2BAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.06:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 9.9Light steelblue · ΔE 16.4Plum · ΔE 19Lavender · ΔE 22.3Silver · ΔE 22.3Dark grey · ΔE 22.3
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 9.92, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BFD3AD
Analogous#AEADD3, #D3ADD2
Triadic#D3C1AD, #ADD3C1
Split complementary#D2D3AD, #ADD3AE
Tetradic#D3AEAD, #BFD3AD, #ADD2D3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F3EFF7
Lighter +10%#DACEE5
Darker −10%#A88CC1
Darker −20%#8F6BAF
Darker −30%#755196
Darker −40%#5B3F75
More saturated +25%#C29DE3
Less saturated −25%#C0BDC3

Channel breakdown

R193
G173
B211
Red193 (75.7%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue211 (82.7%)
Hue271.58°
Saturation (HSL)30.16%
Lightness75.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C1 · G AD · B D3

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