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Recognised as Colour

#C9BDCC

  • #C9BDCC
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#C9BDCC is a violet with RGB values 201, 189, 204 and HSL 288°, 13%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#C9BDCC#C9BDCC
HEX#C9BDCC
RGBrgb(201, 189, 204)
RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.7412, 0.8
RGB percentages78.8%, 74.1%, 80%
HSLhsl(288, 12.8%, 77.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(288, 7.4%, 80%)
CMYK1.5%, 7.4%, 0%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,221,324
CSS custom property--colour: #C9BDCC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53172WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.63:1
Contrast with white1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1
Inverted#364233

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BCC0CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#BEC1CBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Tritanopia#C9BEC2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 7.4Silver · ΔE 9.2Light grey · ΔE 11.3Light steelblue · ΔE 12.4Dark grey · ΔE 12.7Gainsboro · ΔE 13.4
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 7.36, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C0CCBD
Analogous#C2BDCC, #CCBDC8
Triadic#CCC9BD, #BDCCC9
Split complementary#C8CCBD, #BDCCC2
Tetradic#CCC2BD, #C0CCBD, #BDC8CC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F8F7F8
Lighter +10%#E1DAE2
Darker −10%#B1A0B6
Darker −20%#9A83A0
Darker −30%#816987
Darker −40%#66526B
More saturated +25%#D2AEDB
Less saturated −25%#C5C5C5

Channel breakdown

R201
G189
B204
Red201 (78.8%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue204 (80%)
Hue288°
Saturation (HSL)12.82%
Lightness77.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C9 · G BD · B CC

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