Recognised as Colour

#C8A8D4

#C8A8D4
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Thistle

#C8A8D4 is a violet with RGB values 200, 168, 212 and HSL 284°, 34%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

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HEX#C8A8D4

RGBrgb(200, 168, 212)

RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.6588, 0.8314

RGB percentages78.4%, 65.9%, 83.1%

HSLhsl(283.6, 33.8%, 74.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(283.6, 20.8%, 83.1%)

CMYK5.7%, 20.8%, 0%, 16.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,150,420

CSS custom property--colour: #C8A8D4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45038WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness183.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.01:1

Contrast with white2.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2

Inverted#37572B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A3B1D6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#A9B4D2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.1 from the original

Tritanopia#C8ADB7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.1:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 12.9 Plum · ΔE 13.6 Light steelblue · ΔE 21.7 Pink · ΔE 24.2 Light pink · ΔE 25.8 Lavender · ΔE 26

Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 12.94, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B4D4A8

Analogous#B2A8D4, #D4A8CA

Triadic#D4C8A8, #A8D4C8

Split complementary#CAD4A8, #A8D4B2

Tetradic#D4B2A8, #B4D4A8, #A8CAD4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F3ECF6

Lighter +10%#DECAE5

Darker −10%#B286C3

Darker −20%#9D64B2

Darker −30%#834B98

Darker −40%#663A76

More saturated +25%#CF98E4

Less saturated −25%#C1B8C4

Channel breakdown

R200

G168

B212

Red200 (78.4%)

Green168 (65.9%)

Blue212 (83.1%)

Hue283.64°

Saturation (HSL)33.85%

Lightness74.51%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR C8 · G A8 · B D4

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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