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Recognised as Colour

#C2BDFE

  • #C2BDFE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Plum

#C2BDFE is a blue with RGB values 194, 189, 254 and HSL 245°, 97%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#C2BDFE#C2BDFE
HEX#C2BDFE
RGBrgb(194, 189, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.7608, 0.7412, 0.9961
RGB percentages76.1%, 74.1%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(244.6, 97%, 86.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(244.6, 25.6%, 99.6%)
CMYK23.6%, 25.6%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,762,622
CSS custom property--colour: #C2BDFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5502WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness198.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12:1
Contrast with white1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3
Inverted#3D4201

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ACC5FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#ACC2FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original
Tritanopia#B5C8D4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 20.5Thistle · ΔE 22.2Light steelblue · ΔE 23.1Cornflower blue · ΔE 25.5Light skyblue · ΔE 26.2Lavender · ΔE 27.7
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 20.51, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F9FEBD
Analogous#BDD9FE, #E2BDFE
Triadic#FEC2BD, #BDFEC2
Split complementary#FEE3BD, #D9FEBD
Tetradic#FEBDD9, #F9FEBD, #BDFEE2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F0EFFF
Darker −10%#948BFD
Darker −20%#6559FC
Darker −30%#3726FC
Darker −40%#1504EB
More saturated +25%#C1BCFF
Less saturated −25%#C9C5F6

Channel breakdown

R194
G189
B254
Red194 (76.1%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue244.62°
Saturation (HSL)97.01%
Lightness86.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C2 · G BD · B FE

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