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Recognised as Colour

#C9BED6

  • #C9BED6
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#C9BED6 is a violet with RGB values 201, 190, 214 and HSL 268°, 23%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#C9BED6#C9BED6
HEX#C9BED6
RGBrgb(201, 190, 214)
RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.7451, 0.8392
RGB percentages78.8%, 74.5%, 83.9%
HSLhsl(267.5, 22.6%, 79.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(267.5, 11.2%, 83.9%)
CMYK6.1%, 11.2%, 0%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,221,590
CSS custom property--colour: #C9BED6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54099WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness196.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.82:1
Contrast with white1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#364129

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BAC2D7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCC2D5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.7 from the original
Tritanopia#C7C1C6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 5.3Light steelblue · ΔE 10.7Silver · ΔE 13.5Lavender · ΔE 14.1Light grey · ΔE 14.8Gainsboro · ΔE 16.3
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 5.32, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CBD6BE
Analogous#BEBFD6, #D5BED6
Triadic#D6C9BE, #BED6C9
Split complementary#D6D5BE, #BFD6BE
Tetradic#D6BEBF, #CBD6BE, #BED6D5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDFDFD
Lighter +10%#E3DDEA
Darker −10%#AF9FC2
Darker −20%#957FAF
Darker −30%#7B619A
Darker −40%#624D7B
More saturated +25%#C8B1E3
Less saturated −25%#CACACA

Channel breakdown

R201
G190
B214
Red201 (78.8%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue214 (83.9%)
Hue267.5°
Saturation (HSL)22.64%
Lightness79.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C9 · G BE · B D6

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