Colour

#C7BDCD

#C7BDCD
Violet
Light
Nearest: Thistle

#C7BDCD is a violet with RGB values 199, 189, 205 and HSL 278°, 14%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

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HEX#C7BDCD

RGBrgb(199, 189, 205)

RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.7412, 0.8039

RGB percentages78%, 74.1%, 80.4%

HSLhsl(277.5, 13.8%, 77.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(277.5, 7.8%, 80.4%)

CMYK2.9%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,090,253

CSS custom property--colour: #C7BDCD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52945WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness193.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.59:1

Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0

Inverted#384232

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BBC0CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#BDC1CCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original

Tritanopia#C7BFC2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 7.5 Silver · ΔE 9.3 Light steelblue · ΔE 11.5 Light grey · ΔE 11.5 Dark grey · ΔE 12.7 Gainsboro · ΔE 13.6

Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 7.54, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C3CDBD

Analogous#BFBDCD, #CDBDCB

Triadic#CDC7BD, #BDCDC7

Split complementary#CBCDBD, #BDCDBF

Tetradic#CDBFBD, #C3CDBD, #BDCBCD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F8F7F9

Lighter +10%#E0DAE3

Darker −10%#AEA0B7

Darker −20%#9683A1

Darker −30%#7D6889

Darker −40%#62526C

More saturated +25%#CBAFDC

Less saturated −25%#C5C5C5

Channel breakdown

R199

G189

B205

Red199 (78%)

Green189 (74.1%)

Blue205 (80.4%)

Hue277.5°

Saturation (HSL)13.79%

Lightness77.25%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR C7 · G BD · B CD

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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