Colour

#C8B0FF

#C8B0FF
Violet
Light
Nearest: Plum

#C8B0FF is a violet with RGB values 200, 176, 255 and HSL 258°, 100%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#C8B0FF#C8B0FF

HEX#C8B0FF

RGBrgb(200, 176, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.6902, 1

RGB percentages78.4%, 69%, 100%

HSLhsl(258.2, 100%, 84.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(258.2, 31%, 100%)

CMYK21.6%, 31%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,152,511

CSS custom property--colour: #C8B0FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5055WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness193.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.11:1

Contrast with white1.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB

Inverted#374F00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9EBDFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#A1BCFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.1 from the original

Tritanopia#BEBDCCno 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 text1.89:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 16.5 Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.7 Medium purple · ΔE 28.6 Thistle · ΔE 29.2 Violet · ΔE 32.8 Light steelblue · ΔE 33

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 16.48, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E7FFB0

Analogous#B0C0FF, #F0B0FF

Triadic#FFC8B0, #B0FFC8

Split complementary#FFF0B0, #C0FFB0

Tetradic#FFB0C0, #E7FFB0, #B0FFF0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#ECE3FF

Darker −10%#A47DFF

Darker −20%#814AFF

Darker −30%#5D17FF

Darker −40%#4500E3

More saturated +25%#C8B0FF

Less saturated −25%#CCBAF5

Channel breakdown

R200

G176

B255

Red200 (78.4%)

Green176 (69%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue258.23°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness84.51%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR C8 · G B0 · B FF

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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