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Recognised as Colour

#C8A1DE

  • #C8A1DE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#C8A1DE is a violet with RGB values 200, 161, 222 and HSL 278°, 48%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#C8A1DE#C8A1DE
HEX#C8A1DE
RGBrgb(200, 161, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.6314, 0.8706
RGB percentages78.4%, 63.1%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(278.4, 48%, 75.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278.4, 27.5%, 87.1%)
CMYK9.9%, 27.5%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,148,638
CSS custom property--colour: #C8A1DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43043WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.61:1
Contrast with white2.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE
Inverted#375E21

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#98ADE0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21 from the original
Deuteranopia#A0B0DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.2 from the original
Tritanopia#C6A9B7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.19:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 8.1Thistle · ΔE 22Light steelblue · ΔE 29.4Cornflower blue · ΔE 30.3Pink · ΔE 31.2Medium purple · ΔE 31.8
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 8.1, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B7DEA1
Analogous#AAA1DE, #DEA1D5
Triadic#DEC8A1, #A1DEC8
Split complementary#D6DEA1, #A1DEAA
Tetradic#DEAAA1, #B7DEA1, #A1D5DE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F4ECF9
Lighter +10%#DEC7EB
Darker −10%#B27BD1
Darker −20%#9C56C3
Darker −30%#823CAA
Darker −40%#652F84
More saturated +25%#CC91EE
Less saturated −25%#C4B1CE

Channel breakdown

R200
G161
B222
Red200 (78.4%)
Green161 (63.1%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue278.36°
Saturation (HSL)48.03%
Lightness75.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C8 · G A1 · B DE

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