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Colour

#C8BACE

  • #C8BACE
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#C8BACE is a violet with RGB values 200, 186, 206 and HSL 282°, 17%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#C8BACE#C8BACE
HEX#C8BACE
RGBrgb(200, 186, 206)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.7294, 0.8078
RGB percentages78.4%, 72.9%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(282, 16.9%, 76.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(282, 9.7%, 80.8%)
CMYK2.9%, 9.7%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,155,022
CSS custom property--colour: #C8BACE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51853WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness192.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.37:1
Contrast with white1.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE
Inverted#374531

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8BECFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#BBBFCDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Tritanopia#C8BCC0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.85:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 5.5Silver · ΔE 11.9Light steelblue · ΔE 12.1Light grey · ΔE 14Dark grey · ΔE 14.3Lavender · ΔE 15.5
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 5.53, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C0CEBA
Analogous#BEBACE, #CEBACA
Triadic#CEC8BA, #BACEC8
Split complementary#CACEBA, #BACEBE
Tetradic#CEBEBA, #C0CEBA, #BACACE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F8F6F8
Lighter +10%#E0D8E3
Darker −10%#B09CB9
Darker −20%#987EA4
Darker −30%#80638C
Darker −40%#644E6E
More saturated +25%#CEABDD
Less saturated −25%#C4C4C4

Channel breakdown

R200
G186
B206
Red200 (78.4%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue282°
Saturation (HSL)16.95%
Lightness76.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C8 · G BA · B CE

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