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Recognised as Colour

#C9BEE9

  • #C9BEE9
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#C9BEE9 is a violet with RGB values 201, 190, 233 and HSL 255°, 49%, 83%. 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

#C9BEE9#C9BEE9
HEX#C9BEE9
RGBrgb(201, 190, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.7451, 0.9137
RGB percentages78.8%, 74.5%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(255.3, 49.4%, 82.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(255.3, 18.5%, 91.4%)
CMYK13.7%, 18.5%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,221,609
CSS custom property--colour: #C9BEE9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55128WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness198.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.03:1
Contrast with white1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3
Inverted#364116

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5C4EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#B7C3E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Tritanopia#C3C4CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 10.8Light steelblue · ΔE 14.3Lavender · ΔE 18.4Plum · ΔE 21.2Silver · ΔE 23.4Light grey · ΔE 24
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 10.81, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DEE9BE
Analogous#BEC9E9, #DEBEE9
Triadic#E9C9BE, #BEE9C9
Split complementary#E9DEBE, #C9E9BE
Tetradic#E9BEC9, #DEE9BE, #BEE9DE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E9E4F6
Darker −10%#A998DC
Darker −20%#8A72CF
Darker −30%#6A4CC2
Darker −40%#5337A4
More saturated +25%#C4B3F4
Less saturated −25%#CEC9DE

Channel breakdown

R201
G190
B233
Red201 (78.8%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue255.35°
Saturation (HSL)49.43%
Lightness82.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C9 · G BE · B E9

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