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Colour

#C5BED4

  • #C5BED4
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#C5BED4 is a violet with RGB values 197, 190, 212 and HSL 259°, 20%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#C5BED4#C5BED4
HEX#C5BED4
RGBrgb(197, 190, 212)
RGB (0–1)0.7725, 0.7451, 0.8314
RGB percentages77.3%, 74.5%, 83.1%
HSLhsl(259.1, 20.4%, 78.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.1, 10.4%, 83.1%)
CMYK7.1%, 10.4%, 0%, 16.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,959,444
CSS custom property--colour: #C5BED4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53451WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.69:1
Contrast with white1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1
Inverted#3A412B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BAC1D5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#BBC1D3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Tritanopia#C3C1C5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 7Light steelblue · ΔE 9.4Silver · ΔE 12.1Light grey · ΔE 13.7Lavender · ΔE 14Dark grey · ΔE 15
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 6.96, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CDD4BE
Analogous#BEC2D4, #D0BED4
Triadic#D4C5BE, #BED4C5
Split complementary#D4D0BE, #C2D4BE
Tetradic#D4BEC2, #CDD4BE, #BED4D0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FCFBFD
Lighter +10%#E0DDE8
Darker −10%#AA9FC0
Darker −20%#8E81AB
Darker −30%#736396
Darker −40%#5C4F77
More saturated +25%#C0B1E2
Less saturated −25%#C9C9C9

Channel breakdown

R197
G190
B212
Red197 (77.3%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue212 (83.1%)
Hue259.09°
Saturation (HSL)20.37%
Lightness78.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C5 · G BE · B D4

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