Recognised as Colour

#C6ADF8

#C6ADF8
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#C6ADF8 is a violet with RGB values 198, 173, 248 and HSL 260°, 84%, 83%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

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HEX#C6ADF8

RGBrgb(198, 173, 248)

RGB (0–1)0.7765, 0.6784, 0.9725

RGB percentages77.6%, 67.8%, 97.3%

HSLhsl(260, 84.3%, 82.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(260, 30.2%, 97.3%)

CMYK20.2%, 30.2%, 0%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,020,664

CSS custom property--colour: #C6ADF8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4867WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness190.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.73:1

Contrast with white1.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8

Inverted#395207

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9CB9FBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#A0B9F6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18 from the original

Tritanopia#BDB9C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.96:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 15 Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.9 Thistle · ΔE 27.3 Medium purple · ΔE 29 Light steelblue · ΔE 31.5 Violet · ΔE 33.2

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 14.96, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DFF8AD

Analogous#ADBAF8, #EBADF8

Triadic#F8C6AD, #ADF8C6

Split complementary#F8ECAD, #BAF8AD

Tetradic#F8ADBA, #DFF8AD, #ADF8EC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#E7DCFC

Darker −10%#A57EF4

Darker −20%#854FF0

Darker −30%#6420EC

Darker −40%#4E11C8

More saturated +25%#C4A6FF

Less saturated −25%#CAB8ED

Channel breakdown

R198

G173

B248

Red198 (77.6%)

Green173 (67.8%)

Blue248 (97.3%)

Hue260°

Saturation (HSL)84.27%

Lightness82.55%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR C6 · G AD · B F8

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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