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Recognised as Colour

#CCB5E8

  • #CCB5E8
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#CCB5E8 is a violet with RGB values 204, 181, 232 and HSL 267°, 53%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#CCB5E8#CCB5E8
HEX#CCB5E8
RGBrgb(204, 181, 232)
RGB (0–1)0.8, 0.7098, 0.9098
RGB percentages80%, 71%, 91%
HSLhsl(267.1, 52.6%, 81%)
HSV / HSBhsv(267.1, 22%, 91%)
CMYK12.1%, 22%, 0%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,415,912
CSS custom property--colour: #CCB5E8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51711WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.34:1
Contrast with white1.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE
Inverted#334A17

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ACBEEAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#B0BFE6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.7 from the original
Tritanopia#C8BCC6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.85:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 14.3Plum · ΔE 15.2Light steelblue · ΔE 20.5Lavender · ΔE 24.1Pink · ΔE 27.3Silver · ΔE 28.6
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 14.29, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D1E8B5
Analogous#B5B8E8, #E5B5E8
Triadic#E8CCB5, #B5E8CC
Split complementary#E8E6B5, #B8E8B5
Tetradic#E8B5B8, #D1E8B5, #B5E8E5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E7DCF4
Darker −10%#B18EDC
Darker −20%#9667D0
Darker −30%#7C40C4
Darker −40%#63329F
More saturated +25%#CBA9F4
Less saturated −25%#CDC1DC

Channel breakdown

R204
G181
B232
Red204 (80%)
Green181 (71%)
Blue232 (91%)
Hue267.06°
Saturation (HSL)52.58%
Lightness80.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CC · G B5 · B E8

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