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Recognised as Colour

#C6AFDD

  • #C6AFDD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Thistle

#C6AFDD is a violet with RGB values 198, 175, 221 and HSL 270°, 40%, 78%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#C6AFDD#C6AFDD
HEX#C6AFDD
RGBrgb(198, 175, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.7765, 0.6863, 0.8667
RGB percentages77.6%, 68.6%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(270, 40.4%, 77.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270, 20.8%, 86.7%)
CMYK10.4%, 20.8%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,021,149
CSS custom property--colour: #C6AFDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47886WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness187.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.58:1
Contrast with white1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#395022

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A8B7DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#ACB8DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.4 from the original
Tritanopia#C3B5BFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.99:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 12.6Plum · ΔE 15.8Light steelblue · ΔE 19.2Lavender · ΔE 24Pink · ΔE 26.1Silver · ΔE 26.4
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 12.64, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C6DDAF
Analogous#AFAFDD, #DDAFDD
Triadic#DDC6AF, #AFDDC6
Split complementary#DDDDAF, #AFDDAF
Tetradic#DDAFAF, #C6DDAF, #AFDDDD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F9F7FB
Lighter +10%#E0D3EC
Darker −10%#AD8BCE
Darker −20%#9367BF
Darker −30%#7A48AB
Darker −40%#603987
More saturated +25%#C6A1EB
Less saturated −25%#C6BDCF

Channel breakdown

R198
G175
B221
Red198 (77.6%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue270°
Saturation (HSL)40.35%
Lightness77.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C6 · G AF · B DD

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