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Recognised as Colour

#C5AFFB

  • #C5AFFB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#C5AFFB is a violet with RGB values 197, 175, 251 and HSL 257°, 90%, 84%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#C5AFFB#C5AFFB
HEX#C5AFFB
RGBrgb(197, 175, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.7725, 0.6863, 0.9843
RGB percentages77.3%, 68.6%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(257.4, 90.5%, 83.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(257.4, 30.3%, 98.4%)
CMYK21.5%, 30.3%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,955,643
CSS custom property--colour: #C5AFFB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49495WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.9:1
Contrast with white1.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#3A5004

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9DBBFEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#A1BAF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.8 from the original
Tritanopia#BBBBCAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.93:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 16.1Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.3Thistle · ΔE 27.7Medium purple · ΔE 29.2Light steelblue · ΔE 31.4Violet · ΔE 33.9
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 16.11, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E5FBAF
Analogous#AFBFFB, #EBAFFB
Triadic#FBC5AF, #AFFBC5
Split complementary#FBEBAF, #BFFBAF
Tetradic#FBAFBF, #E5FBAF, #AFFBEB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E8E0FD
Darker −10%#A27EF9
Darker −20%#7F4EF6
Darker −30%#5B1DF4
Darker −40%#450BD3
More saturated +25%#C3ABFF
Less saturated −25%#C9BAF0

Channel breakdown

R197
G175
B251
Red197 (77.3%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue257.37°
Saturation (HSL)90.48%
Lightness83.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C5 · G AF · B FB

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