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Recognised as Colour

#CCBAED

  • #CCBAED
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#CCBAED is a violet with RGB values 204, 186, 237 and HSL 261°, 59%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#CCBAED#CCBAED
HEX#CCBAED
RGBrgb(204, 186, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.8, 0.7294, 0.9294
RGB percentages80%, 72.9%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(261.2, 58.6%, 82.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.2, 21.5%, 92.9%)
CMYK13.9%, 21.5%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,417,197
CSS custom property--colour: #CCBAED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5407WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness197.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.81:1
Contrast with white1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#334512

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0C2EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B3C2EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.5 from the original
Tritanopia#C7C1CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 14.2Plum · ΔE 17.2Light steelblue · ΔE 19.1Lavender · ΔE 22.6Light skyblue · ΔE 27.5Pink · ΔE 28
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 14.17, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DBEDBA
Analogous#BAC1ED, #E6BAED
Triadic#EDCCBA, #BAEDCC
Split complementary#EDE5BA, #C1EDBA
Tetradic#EDBAC1, #DBEDBA, #BAEDE6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EAE2F8
Darker −10%#AE92E2
Darker −20%#9069D8
Darker −30%#7241CD
Darker −40%#5B2DAE
More saturated +25%#C9AFF8
Less saturated −25%#CFC5E2

Channel breakdown

R204
G186
B237
Red204 (80%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue261.18°
Saturation (HSL)58.62%
Lightness82.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CC · G BA · B ED

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