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Recognised as Colour

#C4BBD2

  • #C4BBD2
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#C4BBD2 is a violet with RGB values 196, 187, 210 and HSL 263°, 20%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#C4BBD2#C4BBD2
HEX#C4BBD2
RGBrgb(196, 187, 210)
RGB (0–1)0.7686, 0.7333, 0.8235
RGB percentages76.9%, 73.3%, 82.4%
HSLhsl(263.5, 20.4%, 77.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(263.5, 11%, 82.4%)
CMYK6.7%, 11%, 0%, 17.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,893,138
CSS custom property--colour: #C4BBD2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5193WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness192.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.39:1
Contrast with white1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#3B442D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B7BED3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#B9BFD1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original
Tritanopia#C2BEC2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 6.5Light steelblue · ΔE 10.1Silver · ΔE 12.8Light grey · ΔE 14.8Lavender · ΔE 15.1Dark grey · ΔE 15.1
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 6.5, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C9D2BB
Analogous#BBBDD2, #CFBBD2
Triadic#D2C4BB, #BBD2C4
Split complementary#D2CFBB, #BDD2BB
Tetradic#D2BBBD, #C9D2BB, #BBD2CF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F9F8FB
Lighter +10%#DFDAE6
Darker −10%#A99CBE
Darker −20%#8F7EA9
Darker −30%#756193
Darker −40%#5C4D74
More saturated +25%#C1ADE0
Less saturated −25%#C6C6C6

Channel breakdown

R196
G187
B210
Red196 (76.9%)
Green187 (73.3%)
Blue210 (82.4%)
Hue263.48°
Saturation (HSL)20.35%
Lightness77.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C4 · G BB · B D2

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