Recognised as Colour

#C8B0FA

#C8B0FA
Violet
Light
Nearest: Plum

#C8B0FA is a violet with RGB values 200, 176, 250 and HSL 259°, 88%, 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

#C8B0FA#C8B0FA

HEX#C8B0FA

RGBrgb(200, 176, 250)

RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.6902, 0.9804

RGB percentages78.4%, 69%, 98%

HSLhsl(259.5, 88.1%, 83.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(259.5, 29.6%, 98%)

CMYK20%, 29.6%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,152,506

CSS custom property--colour: #C8B0FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50232WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness193 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.05:1

Contrast with white1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BABABA

Inverted#374F05

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9FBCFDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#A3BBF8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.2 from the original

Tritanopia#BFBCCAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.2 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 text11.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 15.1 Cornflower blue · ΔE 25.4 Thistle · ΔE 26.6 Medium purple · ΔE 30.2 Light steelblue · ΔE 30.7 Violet · ΔE 34

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 15.14, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E2FAB0

Analogous#B0BDFA, #EDB0FA

Triadic#FAC8B0, #B0FAC8

Split complementary#FAEDB0, #BDFAB0

Tetradic#FAB0BD, #E2FAB0, #B0FAED

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#E9E0FD

Darker −10%#A780F7

Darker −20%#8550F4

Darker −30%#6420F1

Darker −40%#4D0DD1

More saturated +25%#C6ABFF

Less saturated −25%#CCBBEF

Channel breakdown

R200

G176

B250

Red200 (78.4%)

Green176 (69%)

Blue250 (98%)

Hue259.46°

Saturation (HSL)88.1%

Lightness83.53%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR C8 · G B0 · B FA

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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