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Recognised as Colour

#C7BED1

  • #C7BED1
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#C7BED1 is a violet with RGB values 199, 190, 209 and HSL 268°, 17%, 78%. 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

#C7BED1#C7BED1
HEX#C7BED1
RGBrgb(199, 190, 209)
RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.7451, 0.8196
RGB percentages78%, 74.5%, 82%
HSLhsl(268.4, 17.1%, 78.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(268.4, 9.1%, 82%)
CMYK4.8%, 9.1%, 0%, 18%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,090,513
CSS custom property--colour: #C7BED1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53572WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness195 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.71:1
Contrast with white1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1
Inverted#38412E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BBC1D2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#BDC2D0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Tritanopia#C6C0C4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 6.9Light steelblue · ΔE 10.5Silver · ΔE 10.7Light grey · ΔE 12.5Dark grey · ΔE 14Lavender · ΔE 14
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 6.85, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C8D1BE
Analogous#BEBFD1, #D1BED1
Triadic#D1C7BE, #BED1C7
Split complementary#D1D1BE, #BFD1BE
Tetradic#D1BEBF, #C8D1BE, #BED1D1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FAFAFB
Lighter +10%#E1DCE6
Darker −10%#ADA0BC
Darker −20%#9482A7
Darker −30%#7A6690
Darker −40%#615172
More saturated +25%#C6B0DF
Less saturated −25%#C8C8C8

Channel breakdown

R199
G190
B209
Red199 (78%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue209 (82%)
Hue268.42°
Saturation (HSL)17.12%
Lightness78.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C7 · G BE · B D1

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