Recognised as Colour
#C8BEDC
- #C8BEDC
- Violet
- Light
- Nearest: Thistle
#C8BEDC is a violet with RGB values 200, 190, 220 and HSL 260°, 30%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.
Colour values
#C8BEDC#C8BEDC
HEX#C8BEDC
RGBrgb(200, 190, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.7451, 0.8627
RGB percentages78.4%, 74.5%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(260, 30%, 80.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260, 13.6%, 86.3%)
CMYK9.1%, 13.6%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,156,060
CSS custom property--colour: #C8BEDC;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.54274WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness196.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.85:1
Contrast with white1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#374123
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.85:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#D2DCBE
Analogous#BEC3DC, #D7BEDC
Triadic#DCC8BE, #BEDCC8
Split complementary#DCD7BE, #C3DCBE
Tetradic#DCBEC3, #D2DCBE, #BEDCD7
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R200
G190
B220
Red200 (78.4%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue260°
Saturation (HSL)30%
Lightness80.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C8 · G BE · B DC
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