Recognised as Colour
#C7BAEB
- #C7BAEB
- Violet
- Light
- Nearest: Thistle
#C7BAEB is a violet with RGB values 199, 186, 235 and HSL 256°, 55%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.
Colour values
#C7BAEB#C7BAEB
HEX#C7BAEB
RGBrgb(199, 186, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.7294, 0.9216
RGB percentages78%, 72.9%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(255.9, 55.1%, 82.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(255.9, 20.9%, 92.2%)
CMYK15.3%, 20.9%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,089,515
CSS custom property--colour: #C7BAEB;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.53258WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness196.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.65:1
Contrast with white1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0
Inverted#384514
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.65:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#DEEBBA
Analogous#BAC5EB, #E0BAEB
Triadic#EBC7BA, #BAEBC7
Split complementary#EBE0BA, #C5EBBA
Tetradic#EBBAC5, #DEEBBA, #BAEBE0
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R199
G186
B235
Red199 (78%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue255.92°
Saturation (HSL)55.06%
Lightness82.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C7 · G BA · B EB
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