Colour

#C5BBCB

#C5BBCB
Violet
Light
Nearest: Thistle

#C5BBCB is a violet with RGB values 197, 187, 203 and HSL 278°, 13%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

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HEX#C5BBCB

RGBrgb(197, 187, 203)

RGB (0–1)0.7725, 0.7333, 0.7961

RGB percentages77.3%, 73.3%, 79.6%

HSLhsl(277.5, 13.3%, 76.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(277.5, 7.9%, 79.6%)

CMYK3%, 7.9%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,958,667

CSS custom property--colour: #C5BBCB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51723WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness191.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.34:1

Contrast with white1.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE

Inverted#3A4434

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B9BECCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#BBBFCAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original

Tritanopia#C5BDC0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.85:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 7.8 Silver · ΔE 9.4 Light steelblue · ΔE 11.5 Light grey · ΔE 12 Dark grey · ΔE 12.2 Gainsboro · ΔE 14.2

Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 7.77, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C1CBBB

Analogous#BDBBCB, #CBBBC9

Triadic#CBC5BB, #BBCBC5

Split complementary#C9CBBB, #BBCBBD

Tetradic#CBBDBB, #C1CBBB, #BBC9CB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F6F5F7

Lighter +10%#DED8E1

Darker −10%#AC9EB5

Darker −20%#94819F

Darker −30%#7A6786

Darker −40%#605169

More saturated +25%#C9ACDA

Less saturated −25%#C3C3C3

Channel breakdown

R197

G187

B203

Red197 (77.3%)

Green187 (73.3%)

Blue203 (79.6%)

Hue277.5°

Saturation (HSL)13.33%

Lightness76.47%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR C5 · G BB · B CB

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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