Colour

#C6BDFE

#C6BDFE
Blue
Light
Nearest: Plum

#C6BDFE is a blue with RGB values 198, 189, 254 and HSL 248°, 97%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#C6BDFE#C6BDFE

HEX#C6BDFE

RGBrgb(198, 189, 254)

RGB (0–1)0.7765, 0.7412, 0.9961

RGB percentages77.6%, 74.1%, 99.6%

HSLhsl(248.3, 97%, 86.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(248.3, 25.6%, 99.6%)

CMYK22%, 25.6%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,024,766

CSS custom property--colour: #C6BDFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55557WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness200.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.11:1

Contrast with white1.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4

Inverted#394201

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#ADC6FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#ADC3FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11 from the original

Tritanopia#BAC8D4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.73:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 19.4 Thistle · ΔE 21.9 Light steelblue · ΔE 23.6 Cornflower blue · ΔE 26.3 Light skyblue · ΔE 27.3 Lavender · ΔE 27.7

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 19.38, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F5FEBD

Analogous#BDD5FE, #E6BDFE

Triadic#FEC6BD, #BDFEC6

Split complementary#FEE6BD, #D5FEBD

Tetradic#FEBDD5, #F5FEBD, #BDFEE6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F1EFFF

Darker −10%#9B8BFD

Darker −20%#6F59FC

Darker −30%#4426FC

Darker −40%#2404EB

More saturated +25%#C5BCFF

Less saturated −25%#CCC5F6

Channel breakdown

R198

G189

B254

Red198 (77.6%)

Green189 (74.1%)

Blue254 (99.6%)

Hue248.31°

Saturation (HSL)97.01%

Lightness86.86%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR C6 · G BD · B FE

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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