Recognised as Colour

#C3ACE7

#C3ACE7
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#C3ACE7 is a violet with RGB values 195, 172, 231 and HSL 263°, 55%, 79%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#C3ACE7#C3ACE7

HEX#C3ACE7

RGBrgb(195, 172, 231)

RGB (0–1)0.7647, 0.6745, 0.9059

RGB percentages76.5%, 67.5%, 90.6%

HSLhsl(263.4, 55.1%, 79%)

HSV / HSBhsv(263.4, 25.5%, 90.6%)

CMYK15.6%, 25.5%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,823,783

CSS custom property--colour: #C3ACE7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46877WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness186.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.38:1

Contrast with white2.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5

Inverted#3C5318

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A0B6E9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#A4B6E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.4 from the original

Tritanopia#BDB4C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.02:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 13.6 Thistle · ΔE 19.4 Light steelblue · ΔE 24.2 Cornflower blue · ΔE 27.8 Lavender · ΔE 29.2 Light skyblue · ΔE 31.1

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 13.64, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#D0E7AC

Analogous#ACB3E7, #E1ACE7

Triadic#E7C3AC, #ACE7C3

Split complementary#E7E1AC, #B3E7AC

Tetradic#E7ACB3, #D0E7AC, #ACE7E1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FCFBFE

Lighter +10%#E0D4F2

Darker −10%#A684DC

Darker −20%#8A5DD0

Darker −30%#6E38C2

Darker −40%#572D9A

More saturated +25%#C09FF4

Less saturated −25%#C6B9DA

Channel breakdown

R195

G172

B231

Red195 (76.5%)

Green172 (67.5%)

Blue231 (90.6%)

Hue263.39°

Saturation (HSL)55.14%

Lightness79.02%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR C3 · G AC · B E7

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