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Recognised as Colour

#C7ABE9

  • #C7ABE9
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#C7ABE9 is a violet with RGB values 199, 171, 233 and HSL 267°, 58%, 79%. 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

#C7ABE9#C7ABE9
HEX#C7ABE9
RGBrgb(199, 171, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.6706, 0.9137
RGB percentages78%, 67.1%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(267.1, 58.5%, 79.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(267.1, 26.6%, 91.4%)
CMYK14.6%, 26.6%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,085,673
CSS custom property--colour: #C7ABE9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47151WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness187.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.43:1
Contrast with white2.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5
Inverted#385416

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9FB6ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A5B7E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.4 from the original
Tritanopia#C2B4C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.01:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 11.9Thistle · ΔE 20.9Light steelblue · ΔE 26.5Cornflower blue · ΔE 28.2Lavender · ΔE 30.8Pink · ΔE 32.1
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 11.92, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CDE9AB
Analogous#ABAEE9, #E6ABE9
Triadic#E9C7AB, #ABE9C7
Split complementary#E9E6AB, #AEE9AB
Tetradic#E9ABAE, #CDE9AB, #ABE9E6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDFCFE
Lighter +10%#E2D3F4
Darker −10%#AC83DE
Darker −20%#915AD4
Darker −30%#7634C7
Darker −40%#5E2A9E
More saturated +25%#C69EF6
Less saturated −25%#C8B8DC

Channel breakdown

R199
G171
B233
Red199 (78%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue267.1°
Saturation (HSL)58.49%
Lightness79.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C7 · G AB · B E9

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