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Recognised as Colour

#C8BBD0

  • #C8BBD0
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#C8BBD0 is a violet with RGB values 200, 187, 208 and HSL 277°, 18%, 77%. 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

#C8BBD0#C8BBD0
HEX#C8BBD0
RGBrgb(200, 187, 208)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.7333, 0.8157
RGB percentages78.4%, 73.3%, 81.6%
HSLhsl(277.1, 18.3%, 77.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(277.1, 10.1%, 81.6%)
CMYK3.8%, 10.1%, 0%, 18.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,155,280
CSS custom property--colour: #C8BBD0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52374WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness193.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.47:1
Contrast with white1.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#37442F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8BFD1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#BBC0CFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Tritanopia#C7BDC2no 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 text1.83:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 5.4Light steelblue · ΔE 11.6Silver · ΔE 12.3Light grey · ΔE 14.1Dark grey · ΔE 14.8Lavender · ΔE 15.1
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 5.44, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C3D0BB
Analogous#BDBBD0, #D0BBCD
Triadic#D0C8BB, #BBD0C8
Split complementary#CDD0BB, #BBD0BD
Tetradic#D0BDBB, #C3D0BB, #BBCDD0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F9F7FA
Lighter +10%#E0D9E5
Darker −10%#B09DBB
Darker −20%#977FA6
Darker −30%#7E638F
Darker −40%#644E71
More saturated +25%#CBADDE
Less saturated −25%#C5C5C5

Channel breakdown

R200
G187
B208
Red200 (78.4%)
Green187 (73.3%)
Blue208 (81.6%)
Hue277.14°
Saturation (HSL)18.26%
Lightness77.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C8 · G BB · B D0

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