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Recognised as Colour

#C8B5FD

  • #C8B5FD
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Plum

#C8B5FD is a violet with RGB values 200, 181, 253 and HSL 256°, 95%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#C8B5FD#C8B5FD
HEX#C8B5FD
RGBrgb(200, 181, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.7098, 0.9922
RGB percentages78.4%, 71%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(255.8, 94.7%, 85.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(255.8, 28.5%, 99.2%)
CMYK20.9%, 28.5%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,153,789
CSS custom property--colour: #C8B5FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52419WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness196.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.48:1
Contrast with white1.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE
Inverted#374A02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A4C0FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#A7BFFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.5 from the original
Tritanopia#BEC0CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.83:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 16.5Thistle · ΔE 25.3Cornflower blue · ΔE 25.4Light steelblue · ΔE 28.7Medium purple · ΔE 32.3Light skyblue · ΔE 32.4
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#EAFDB5
Analogous#B5C6FD, #ECB5FD
Triadic#FDC8B5, #B5FDC8
Split complementary#FDECB5, #C6FDB5
Tetradic#FDB5C6, #EAFDB5, #B5FDEC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EDE7FE
Darker −10%#A383FC
Darker −20%#7E52FA
Darker −30%#5920F9
Darker −40%#4006E0
More saturated +25%#C7B3FF
Less saturated −25%#CCBFF4

Channel breakdown

R200
G181
B253
Red200 (78.4%)
Green181 (71%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue255.83°
Saturation (HSL)94.74%
Lightness85.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C8 · G B5 · B FD

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