Recognised as Colour
#C7BADF
- #C7BADF
- Violet
- Light
- Nearest: Thistle
#C7BADF is a violet with RGB values 199, 186, 223 and HSL 261°, 37%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.
Colour values
#C7BADF#C7BADF
HEX#C7BADF
RGBrgb(199, 186, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.7294, 0.8745
RGB percentages78%, 72.9%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(261.1, 36.6%, 80.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.1, 16.6%, 87.5%)
CMYK10.8%, 16.6%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,089,503
CSS custom property--colour: #C7BADF;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.52588WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.52:1
Contrast with white1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#384520
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.82:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.52:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#D2DFBA
Analogous#BAC0DF, #DABADF
Triadic#DFC7BA, #BADFC7
Split complementary#DFDABA, #C0DFBA
Tetradic#DFBAC0, #D2DFBA, #BADFDA
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R199
G186
B223
Red199 (78%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue261.08°
Saturation (HSL)36.63%
Lightness80.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C7 · G BA · B DF
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