Recognised as Colour

#C9B9D0

#C9B9D0
Violet
Light
Nearest: Thistle

#C9B9D0 is a violet with RGB values 201, 185, 208 and HSL 282°, 20%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

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HEX#C9B9D0

RGBrgb(201, 185, 208)

RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.7255, 0.8157

RGB percentages78.8%, 72.5%, 81.6%

HSLhsl(281.7, 19.7%, 77.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(281.7, 11.1%, 81.6%)

CMYK3.4%, 11.1%, 0%, 18.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,220,304

CSS custom property--colour: #C9B9D0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51669WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness192.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.33:1

Contrast with white1.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE

Inverted#36462F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B6BDD1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#BABFCFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original

Tritanopia#C9BBC0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.85:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 4.5 Light steelblue · ΔE 12.6 Silver · ΔE 13.7 Light grey · ΔE 15.6 Dark grey · ΔE 15.8 Lavender · ΔE 16

Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 4.51, a close match

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C0D0B9

Analogous#BDB9D0, #D0B9CC

Triadic#D0C9B9, #B9D0C9

Split complementary#CBD0B9, #B9D0BD

Tetradic#D0BDB9, #C0D0B9, #B9CCD0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F8F6F9

Lighter +10%#E1D8E4

Darker −10%#B19ABC

Darker −20%#9A7CA7

Darker −30%#816090

Darker −40%#664C71

More saturated +25%#CFAADF

Less saturated −25%#C4C4C4

Channel breakdown

R201

G185

B208

Red201 (78.8%)

Green185 (72.5%)

Blue208 (81.6%)

Hue281.74°

Saturation (HSL)19.66%

Lightness77.06%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR C9 · G B9 · B D0

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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