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Recognised as Colour

#CCAEED

  • #CCAEED
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#CCAEED is a violet with RGB values 204, 174, 237 and HSL 269°, 64%, 81%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#CCAEED#CCAEED
HEX#CCAEED
RGBrgb(204, 174, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.8, 0.6824, 0.9294
RGB percentages80%, 68.2%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(268.6, 63.6%, 80.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(268.6, 26.6%, 92.9%)
CMYK13.9%, 26.6%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,414,125
CSS custom property--colour: #CCAEED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49224WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.84:1
Contrast with white1.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#335112

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A3B9F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#A8BAEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18 from the original
Tritanopia#C7B7C4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.94:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 11.5Thistle · ΔE 21Light steelblue · ΔE 27.1Cornflower blue · ΔE 29Lavender · ΔE 30.7Pink · ΔE 31.8
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 11.48, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CFEDAE
Analogous#AEB0ED, #ECAEED
Triadic#EDCCAE, #AEEDCC
Split complementary#EDEBAE, #B0EDAE
Tetradic#EDAEB0, #CFEDAE, #AEEDEB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E6D8F6
Darker −10%#B284E4
Darker −20%#975BDA
Darker −30%#7D31D1
Darker −40%#6426A9
More saturated +25%#CBA2F9
Less saturated −25%#CDBAE1

Channel breakdown

R204
G174
B237
Red204 (80%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue268.57°
Saturation (HSL)63.64%
Lightness80.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CC · G AE · B ED

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