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Recognised as Colour

#CCB8D9

  • #CCB8D9
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#CCB8D9 is a violet with RGB values 204, 184, 217 and HSL 276°, 30%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#CCB8D9#CCB8D9
HEX#CCB8D9
RGBrgb(204, 184, 217)
RGB (0–1)0.8, 0.7216, 0.851
RGB percentages80%, 72.2%, 85.1%
HSLhsl(276.4, 30.3%, 78.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(276.4, 15.2%, 85.1%)
CMYK6%, 15.2%, 0%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,416,665
CSS custom property--colour: #CCB8D9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52128WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.43:1
Contrast with white1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#334726

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B4BEDAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B7C0D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.4 from the original
Tritanopia#CBBCC3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 5.4Light steelblue · ΔE 14.5Lavender · ΔE 17.8Silver · ΔE 19.2Light grey · ΔE 20.5Dark grey · ΔE 20.8
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 5.44, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C5D9B8
Analogous#BCB8D9, #D9B8D5
Triadic#D9CCB8, #B8D9CC
Split complementary#D5D9B8, #B8D9BC
Tetradic#D9BCB8, #C5D9B8, #B8D5D9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FCFAFD
Lighter +10%#E4D9EB
Darker −10%#B497C7
Darker −20%#9C76B5
Darker −30%#8456A2
Darker −40%#694580
More saturated +25%#CFAAE7
Less saturated −25%#C9C6CB

Channel breakdown

R204
G184
B217
Red204 (80%)
Green184 (72.2%)
Blue217 (85.1%)
Hue276.36°
Saturation (HSL)30.28%
Lightness78.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CC · G B8 · B D9

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