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Colour

#C7BDFE

  • #C7BDFE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Plum

#C7BDFE is a blue with RGB values 199, 189, 254 and HSL 249°, 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

#C7BDFE#C7BDFE
HEX#C7BDFE
RGBrgb(199, 189, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.7412, 0.9961
RGB percentages78%, 74.1%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(249.2, 97%, 86.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(249.2, 25.6%, 99.6%)
CMYK21.7%, 25.6%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,090,302
CSS custom property--colour: #C7BDFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55693WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.14:1
Contrast with white1.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4
Inverted#384201

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ADC6FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#AEC4FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.6 from the original
Tritanopia#BCC8D4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.7 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 text12.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 19.1Thistle · ΔE 21.8Light steelblue · ΔE 23.8Cornflower blue · ΔE 26.6Light skyblue · ΔE 27.6Lavender · ΔE 27.7
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 19.1, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F4FEBD
Analogous#BDD4FE, #E7BDFE
Triadic#FEC7BD, #BDFEC7
Split complementary#FEE7BD, #D4FEBD
Tetradic#FEBDD4, #F4FEBD, #BDFEE7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F2EFFF
Darker −10%#9C8BFD
Darker −20%#7259FC
Darker −30%#4726FC
Darker −40%#2704EB
More saturated +25%#C6BCFF
Less saturated −25%#CDC5F6

Channel breakdown

R199
G189
B254
Red199 (78%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue249.23°
Saturation (HSL)97.01%
Lightness86.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C7 · G BD · B FE

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