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Recognised as Colour

#CCADEB

  • #CCADEB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#CCADEB is a violet with RGB values 204, 173, 235 and HSL 270°, 61%, 80%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#CCADEB#CCADEB
HEX#CCADEB
RGBrgb(204, 173, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.8, 0.6784, 0.9216
RGB percentages80%, 67.8%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(270, 60.8%, 80%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270, 26.4%, 92.2%)
CMYK13.2%, 26.4%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,413,867
CSS custom property--colour: #CCADEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48723WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.74:1
Contrast with white1.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8
Inverted#335214

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A2B8EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A8BAE9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.6 from the original
Tritanopia#C8B5C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.95:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 11Thistle · ΔE 20.6Light steelblue · ΔE 26.9Cornflower blue · ΔE 29.4Lavender · ΔE 30.6Pink · ΔE 31.3
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 11.04, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CCEBAD
Analogous#ADADEB, #EBADEB
Triadic#EBCCAD, #ADEBCC
Split complementary#EBEBAD, #ADEBAD
Tetradic#EBADAD, #CCEBAD, #ADEBEB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E6D6F5
Darker −10%#B384E1
Darker −20%#995BD7
Darker −30%#8032CD
Darker −40%#6628A4
More saturated +25%#CCA0F8
Less saturated −25%#CCBADE

Channel breakdown

R204
G173
B235
Red204 (80%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue270°
Saturation (HSL)60.78%
Lightness80%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CC · G AD · B EB

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