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Recognised as Colour

#C8AFD0

  • #C8AFD0
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Thistle

#C8AFD0 is a violet with RGB values 200, 175, 208 and HSL 285°, 26%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#C8AFD0#C8AFD0
HEX#C8AFD0
RGBrgb(200, 175, 208)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.6863, 0.8157
RGB percentages78.4%, 68.6%, 81.6%
HSLhsl(285.5, 26%, 75.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285.5, 15.9%, 81.6%)
CMYK3.8%, 15.9%, 0%, 18.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,152,208
CSS custom property--colour: #C8AFD0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47493WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.5:1
Contrast with white2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#37502F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ACB6D1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B1B8CFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.8 from the original
Tritanopia#C8B2BAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 7.2Light steelblue · ΔE 16.8Plum · ΔE 19.6Silver · ΔE 20.3Dark grey · ΔE 20.7Lavender · ΔE 21
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 7.15, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B7D0AF
Analogous#B8AFD0, #D0AFC7
Triadic#D0C8AF, #AFD0C8
Split complementary#C7D0AF, #AFD0B8
Tetradic#D0B8AF, #B7D0AF, #AFC7D0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F4EFF6
Lighter +10%#DECFE3
Darker −10%#B28FBD
Darker −20%#9C6FAA
Darker −30%#825591
Darker −40%#654271
More saturated +25%#D09FE0
Less saturated −25%#C0BFC0

Channel breakdown

R200
G175
B208
Red200 (78.4%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue208 (81.6%)
Hue285.45°
Saturation (HSL)25.98%
Lightness75.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C8 · G AF · B D0

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