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Recognised as Colour

#CCBBEF

  • #CCBBEF
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#CCBBEF is a violet with RGB values 204, 187, 239 and HSL 260°, 62%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#CCBBEF#CCBBEF
HEX#CCBBEF
RGBrgb(204, 187, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.8, 0.7333, 0.9373
RGB percentages80%, 73.3%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(259.6, 61.9%, 83.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.6, 21.8%, 93.7%)
CMYK14.6%, 21.8%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,417,455
CSS custom property--colour: #CCBBEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5461WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness198.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.92:1
Contrast with white1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#334410

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B1C3F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#B3C3EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.5 from the original
Tritanopia#C6C3CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.76:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 14.7Plum · ΔE 17.5Light steelblue · ΔE 19.2Lavender · ΔE 22.7Light skyblue · ΔE 27.3Pink · ΔE 28.5
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 14.7, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DEEFBB
Analogous#BBC4EF, #E6BBEF
Triadic#EFCCBB, #BBEFCC
Split complementary#EFE6BB, #C4EFBB
Tetradic#EFBBC4, #DEEFBB, #BBEFE6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EBE4F9
Darker −10%#AD92E5
Darker −20%#8E68DC
Darker −30%#6F3FD2
Darker −40%#572AB4
More saturated +25%#C8B0FA
Less saturated −25%#D0C5E4

Channel breakdown

R204
G187
B239
Red204 (80%)
Green187 (73.3%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue259.62°
Saturation (HSL)61.9%
Lightness83.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CC · G BB · B EF

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