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Recognised as Colour

#CCBCF0

  • #CCBCF0
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#CCBCF0 is a violet with RGB values 204, 188, 240 and HSL 258°, 63%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#CCBCF0#CCBCF0
HEX#CCBCF0
RGBrgb(204, 188, 240)
RGB (0–1)0.8, 0.7373, 0.9412
RGB percentages80%, 73.7%, 94.1%
HSLhsl(258.5, 63.4%, 83.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(258.5, 21.7%, 94.1%)
CMYK15%, 21.7%, 0%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,417,712
CSS custom property--colour: #CCBCF0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55095WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness199.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.02:1
Contrast with white1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3
Inverted#33430F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2C4F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#B4C3EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.6 from the original
Tritanopia#C6C4CEno 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 text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 14.7Plum · ΔE 17.9Light steelblue · ΔE 19Lavender · ΔE 22.4Light skyblue · ΔE 27Silver · ΔE 28.5
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 14.73, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E0F0BC
Analogous#BCC6F0, #E6BCF0
Triadic#F0CCBC, #BCF0CC
Split complementary#F0E6BC, #C6F0BC
Tetradic#F0BCC6, #E0F0BC, #BCF0E6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#ECE6F9
Darker −10%#AC92E7
Darker −20%#8D69DD
Darker −30%#6D3FD4
Darker −40%#5529B7
More saturated +25%#C8B2FA
Less saturated −25%#D0C6E6

Channel breakdown

R204
G188
B240
Red204 (80%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue240 (94.1%)
Hue258.46°
Saturation (HSL)63.41%
Lightness83.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CC · G BC · B F0

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