Recognised as Colour

#C7C0D5

#C7C0D5
Violet
Light
Nearest: Thistle

#C7C0D5 is a violet with RGB values 199, 192, 213 and HSL 260°, 20%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

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HEX#C7C0D5

RGBrgb(199, 192, 213)

RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.7529, 0.8353

RGB percentages78%, 75.3%, 83.5%

HSLhsl(260, 20%, 79.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(260, 9.9%, 83.5%)

CMYK6.6%, 9.9%, 0%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,091,029

CSS custom property--colour: #C7C0D5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54645WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness196.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.93:1

Contrast with white1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3

Inverted#383F2A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BCC3D6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#BDC3D4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original

Tritanopia#C5C3C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.76:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 7 Light steelblue · ΔE 9.5 Silver · ΔE 11.6 Light grey · ΔE 12.9 Lavender · ΔE 13.3 Gainsboro · ΔE 14.6

Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 6.95, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#CED5C0

Analogous#C0C3D5, #D2C0D5

Triadic#D5C7C0, #C0D5C7

Split complementary#D5D2C0, #C4D5C0

Tetradic#D5C0C4, #CED5C0, #C0D5D2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FDFDFE

Lighter +10%#E2DFE9

Darker −10%#ACA1C1

Darker −20%#9183AC

Darker −30%#766597

Darker −40%#5E5079

More saturated +25%#C3B3E2

Less saturated −25%#CBCBCB

Channel breakdown

R199

G192

B213

Red199 (78%)

Green192 (75.3%)

Blue213 (83.5%)

Hue260°

Saturation (HSL)20%

Lightness79.41%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR C7 · G C0 · B D5

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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