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Recognised as Colour

#C1B3E2

  • #C1B3E2
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Thistle

#C1B3E2 is a violet with RGB values 193, 179, 226 and HSL 258°, 45%, 79%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#C1B3E2#C1B3E2
HEX#C1B3E2
RGBrgb(193, 179, 226)
RGB (0–1)0.7569, 0.702, 0.8863
RGB percentages75.7%, 70.2%, 88.6%
HSLhsl(257.9, 44.8%, 79.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(257.9, 20.8%, 88.6%)
CMYK14.6%, 20.8%, 0%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,694,498
CSS custom property--colour: #C1B3E2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49069WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.81:1
Contrast with white1.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#3E4C1D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AABAE4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#ACBAE1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.6 from the original
Tritanopia#BBBAC3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.94:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 13.3Light steelblue · ΔE 17Plum · ΔE 18.5Lavender · ΔE 22.8Silver · ΔE 26Light skyblue · ΔE 26.2
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 13.34, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D4E2B3
Analogous#B3BCE2, #D9B3E2
Triadic#E2C1B3, #B3E2C1
Split complementary#E2D9B3, #BCE2B3
Tetradic#E2B3BC, #D4E2B3, #B3E2D9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDFDFE
Lighter +10%#DFD8F0
Darker −10%#A38ED4
Darker −20%#8569C6
Darker −30%#6746B6
Darker −40%#523891
More saturated +25%#BCA6EF
Less saturated −25%#C6C0D5

Channel breakdown

R193
G179
B226
Red193 (75.7%)
Green179 (70.2%)
Blue226 (88.6%)
Hue257.87°
Saturation (HSL)44.76%
Lightness79.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C1 · G B3 · B E2

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