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Colour

#C6BACB

  • #C6BACB
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#C6BACB is a violet with RGB values 198, 186, 203 and HSL 282°, 14%, 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

#C6BACB#C6BACB
HEX#C6BACB
RGBrgb(198, 186, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.7765, 0.7294, 0.7961
RGB percentages77.6%, 72.9%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(282.4, 14%, 76.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(282.4, 8.4%, 79.6%)
CMYK2.5%, 8.4%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,023,947
CSS custom property--colour: #C6BACB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51435WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.29:1
Contrast with white1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE
Inverted#394534

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8BDCCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#BABECAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Tritanopia#C6BCBFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 7Silver · ΔE 10.2Light steelblue · ΔE 12Light grey · ΔE 12.7Dark grey · ΔE 12.8Gainsboro · ΔE 14.8
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 7.02, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BFCBBA
Analogous#BEBACB, #CBBAC7
Triadic#CBC6BA, #BACBC6
Split complementary#C7CBBA, #BACBBE
Tetradic#CBBEBA, #BFCBBA, #BAC7CB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F6F4F7
Lighter +10%#DED7E1
Darker −10%#AE9DB5
Darker −20%#96809F
Darker −30%#7D6587
Darker −40%#625069
More saturated +25%#CCABDA
Less saturated −25%#C3C3C3

Channel breakdown

R198
G186
B203
Red198 (77.6%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue282.35°
Saturation (HSL)14.05%
Lightness76.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C6 · G BA · B CB

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