Recognised as Colour

#C8C0D5

#C8C0D5
Violet
Light
Nearest: Thistle

#C8C0D5 is a violet with RGB values 200, 192, 213 and HSL 263°, 20%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#C8C0D5#C8C0D5

HEX#C8C0D5

RGBrgb(200, 192, 213)

RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.7529, 0.8353

RGB percentages78.4%, 75.3%, 83.5%

HSLhsl(262.9, 20%, 79.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(262.9, 9.9%, 83.5%)

CMYK6.1%, 9.9%, 0%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,156,565

CSS custom property--colour: #C8C0D5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54783WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness196.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.96:1

Contrast with white1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3

Inverted#373F2A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BDC3D6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#BEC3D4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original

Tritanopia#C6C3C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.76:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 6.6 Light steelblue · ΔE 9.9 Silver · ΔE 11.7 Light grey · ΔE 12.9 Lavender · ΔE 13.3 Gainsboro · ΔE 14.6

Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 6.61, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#CDD5C0

Analogous#C0C3D5, #D3C0D5

Triadic#D5C8C0, #C0D5C8

Split complementary#D5D3C0, #C3D5C0

Tetradic#D5C0C3, #CDD5C0, #C0D5D3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FDFDFE

Lighter +10%#E3DFE9

Darker −10%#ADA1C1

Darker −20%#9383AC

Darker −30%#786597

Darker −40%#605079

More saturated +25%#C5B3E2

Less saturated −25%#CBCBCB

Channel breakdown

R200

G192

B213

Red200 (78.4%)

Green192 (75.3%)

Blue213 (83.5%)

Hue262.86°

Saturation (HSL)20%

Lightness79.41%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR C8 · G C0 · B D5

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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