Recognised as Colour
#C8B8D0
- #C8B8D0
- Violet
- Light
- Nearest: Thistle
#C8B8D0 is a violet with RGB values 200, 184, 208 and HSL 280°, 20%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.
Colour values
#C8B8D0#C8B8D0
HEX#C8B8D0
RGBrgb(200, 184, 208)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.7216, 0.8157
RGB percentages78.4%, 72.2%, 81.6%
HSLhsl(280, 20.3%, 76.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280, 11.5%, 81.6%)
CMYK3.8%, 11.5%, 0%, 18.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,154,512
CSS custom property--colour: #C8B8D0;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.51114WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.22:1
Contrast with white1.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#37472F
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.87:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.22:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#C0D0B8
Analogous#BCB8D0, #D0B8CC
Triadic#D0C8B8, #B8D0C8
Split complementary#CCD0B8, #B8D0BC
Tetradic#D0BCB8, #C0D0B8, #B8CCD0
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R200
G184
B208
Red200 (78.4%)
Green184 (72.2%)
Blue208 (81.6%)
Hue280°
Saturation (HSL)20.34%
Lightness76.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C8 · G B8 · B D0
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