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Recognised as Colour

#C8C2D6

  • #C8C2D6
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#C8C2D6 is a violet with RGB values 200, 194, 214 and HSL 258°, 20%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#C8C2D6#C8C2D6
HEX#C8C2D6
RGBrgb(200, 194, 214)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.7608, 0.8392
RGB percentages78.4%, 76.1%, 83.9%
HSLhsl(258, 19.6%, 80%)
HSV / HSBhsv(258, 9.3%, 83.9%)
CMYK6.5%, 9.3%, 0%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,157,078
CSS custom property--colour: #C8C2D6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55718WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness198.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.14:1
Contrast with white1.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5
Inverted#373D29

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BFC5D7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#BFC5D5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Tritanopia#C6C5C8no 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 text1.73:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 7.4Light steelblue · ΔE 9.4Silver · ΔE 11.1Light grey · ΔE 12.1Lavender · ΔE 12.6Gainsboro · ΔE 13.7
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 7.4, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D0D6C2
Analogous#C2C6D6, #D2C2D6
Triadic#D6C8C2, #C2D6C8
Split complementary#D6D2C2, #C6D6C2
Tetradic#D6C2C6, #D0D6C2, #C2D6D2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E3E1EB
Darker −10%#ACA3C2
Darker −20%#9185AD
Darker −30%#756699
Darker −40%#5E527A
More saturated +25%#C3B5E3
Less saturated −25%#CCCCCC

Channel breakdown

R200
G194
B214
Red200 (78.4%)
Green194 (76.1%)
Blue214 (83.9%)
Hue258°
Saturation (HSL)19.61%
Lightness80%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C8 · G C2 · B D6

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