Recognised as Colour
#C8BADA
- #C8BADA
- Violet
- Light
- Nearest: Thistle
#C8BADA is a violet with RGB values 200, 186, 218 and HSL 266°, 30%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.
Colour values
#C8BADA#C8BADA
HEX#C8BADA
RGBrgb(200, 186, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.7294, 0.8549
RGB percentages78.4%, 72.9%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(266.3, 30.2%, 79.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266.3, 14.7%, 85.5%)
CMYK8.3%, 14.7%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,155,034
CSS custom property--colour: #C8BADA;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.52459WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.49:1
Contrast with white1.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#374525
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.83:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.49:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#CCDABA
Analogous#BABCDA, #D8BADA
Triadic#DAC8BA, #BADAC8
Split complementary#DAD8BA, #BCDABA
Tetradic#DABABC, #CCDABA, #BADAD8
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R200
G186
B218
Red200 (78.4%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue266.25°
Saturation (HSL)30.19%
Lightness79.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C8 · G BA · B DA
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