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Recognised as Colour

#CBBCCC

  • #CBBCCC
  • Magenta
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#CBBCCC is a magenta with RGB values 203, 188, 204 and HSL 296°, 14%, 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

#CBBCCC#CBBCCC
HEX#CBBCCC
RGBrgb(203, 188, 204)
RGB (0–1)0.7961, 0.7373, 0.8
RGB percentages79.6%, 73.7%, 80%
HSLhsl(296.2, 13.6%, 76.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(296.2, 7.8%, 80%)
CMYK0.5%, 7.8%, 0%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,352,140
CSS custom property--colour: #CBBCCC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53023WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.6:1
Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0
Inverted#344333

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BBBFCDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original
Deuteranopia#BEC1CBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Tritanopia#CCBDC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 6.3Silver · ΔE 10.2Light grey · ΔE 12.2Light steelblue · ΔE 13.1Dark grey · ΔE 13.4Gainsboro · ΔE 14.2
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 6.32, clearly different but related
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BDCCBC
Analogous#C3BCCC, #CCBCC5
Triadic#CCCBBC, #BCCCCB
Split complementary#C5CCBC, #BCCCC3
Tetradic#CCC3BC, #BDCCBC, #BCC5CC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F8F6F8
Lighter +10%#E1D9E2
Darker −10%#B59FB6
Darker −20%#9E82A0
Darker −30%#866788
Darker −40%#69516B
More saturated +25%#D8ADDB
Less saturated −25%#C4C4C4

Channel breakdown

R203
G188
B204
Red203 (79.6%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue204 (80%)
Hue296.25°
Saturation (HSL)13.56%
Lightness76.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CB · G BC · B CC

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