Recognised as Colour

#C6AAEE

#C6AAEE
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#C6AAEE is a violet with RGB values 198, 170, 238 and HSL 265°, 67%, 80%. 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

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HEX#C6AAEE

RGBrgb(198, 170, 238)

RGB (0–1)0.7765, 0.6667, 0.9333

RGB percentages77.6%, 66.7%, 93.3%

HSLhsl(264.7, 66.7%, 80%)

HSV / HSBhsv(264.7, 28.6%, 93.3%)

CMYK16.8%, 28.6%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,019,886

CSS custom property--colour: #C6AAEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46928WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness187.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.39:1

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

Contrast with black10.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5

Inverted#395511

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9CB6F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#A1B6ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.1 from the original

Tritanopia#C0B4C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.7 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 text10.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 12.5 Thistle · ΔE 24 Cornflower blue · ΔE 26.5 Light steelblue · ΔE 29.1 Medium purple · ΔE 30.7 Lavender · ΔE 33.4

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 12.47, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D2EEAA

Analogous#AAB0EE, #E8AAEE

Triadic#EEC6AA, #AAEEC6

Split complementary#EEE8AA, #B0EEAA

Tetradic#EEAAB0, #D2EEAA, #AAEEE8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#E3D5F7

Darker −10%#AA7FE6

Darker −20%#8D55DD

Darker −30%#712AD5

Darker −40%#5A22AA

More saturated +25%#C49DFB

Less saturated −25%#C8B7E1

Channel breakdown

R198

G170

B238

Red198 (77.6%)

Green170 (66.7%)

Blue238 (93.3%)

Hue264.71°

Saturation (HSL)66.67%

Lightness80%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR C6 · G AA · B EE

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