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Colour

#C8BAD0

  • #C8BAD0
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#C8BAD0 is a violet with RGB values 200, 186, 208 and HSL 278°, 19%, 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

#C8BAD0#C8BAD0
HEX#C8BAD0
RGBrgb(200, 186, 208)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.7294, 0.8157
RGB percentages78.4%, 72.9%, 81.6%
HSLhsl(278.2, 19%, 77.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278.2, 10.6%, 81.6%)
CMYK3.8%, 10.6%, 0%, 18.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,155,024
CSS custom property--colour: #C8BAD0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51951WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness192.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.39:1
Contrast with white1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#37452F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B7BED1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#BABFCFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Tritanopia#C8BCC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 5.1Light steelblue · ΔE 11.9Silver · ΔE 12.9Light grey · ΔE 14.8Dark grey · ΔE 15.2Lavender · ΔE 15.5
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 5.1, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C2D0BA
Analogous#BDBAD0, #D0BACD
Triadic#D0C8BA, #BAD0C8
Split complementary#CDD0BA, #BAD0BD
Tetradic#D0BDBA, #C2D0BA, #BACDD0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F8F7F9
Lighter +10%#E0D8E5
Darker −10%#B09CBB
Darker −20%#987DA7
Darker −30%#7F628F
Darker −40%#644D71
More saturated +25%#CCABDE
Less saturated −25%#C5C5C5

Channel breakdown

R200
G186
B208
Red200 (78.4%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue208 (81.6%)
Hue278.18°
Saturation (HSL)18.97%
Lightness77.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C8 · G BA · B D0

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