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Recognised as Colour

#C8AFFF

  • #C8AFFF
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Plum

#C8AFFF is a violet with RGB values 200, 175, 255 and HSL 259°, 100%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#C8AFFF#C8AFFF
HEX#C8AFFF
RGBrgb(200, 175, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.6863, 1
RGB percentages78.4%, 68.6%, 100%
HSLhsl(258.8, 100%, 84.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(258.8, 31.4%, 100%)
CMYK21.6%, 31.4%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,152,255
CSS custom property--colour: #C8AFFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50159WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness193.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.03:1
Contrast with white1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#375000

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9CBCFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#A0BBFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.4 from the original
Tritanopia#BEBCCCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 16.5Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.7Medium purple · ΔE 28Thistle · ΔE 29.7Violet · ΔE 32.2Orchid · ΔE 33.3
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 16.49, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E6FFAF
Analogous#AFBEFF, #F0AFFF
Triadic#FFC8AF, #AFFFC8
Split complementary#FFF0AF, #BEFFAF
Tetradic#FFAFBE, #E6FFAF, #AFFFF0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EBE2FF
Darker −10%#A57CFF
Darker −20%#8249FF
Darker −30%#5F16FF
Darker −40%#4700E2
More saturated +25%#C8AFFF
Less saturated −25%#CCB9F5

Channel breakdown

R200
G175
B255
Red200 (78.4%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue258.75°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness84.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C8 · G AF · B FF

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