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Recognised as Colour

#CCBEEA

  • #CCBEEA
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#CCBEEA is a violet with RGB values 204, 190, 234 and HSL 259°, 51%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#CCBEEA#CCBEEA
HEX#CCBEEA
RGBrgb(204, 190, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.8, 0.7451, 0.9176
RGB percentages80%, 74.5%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(259.1, 51.2%, 83.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.1, 18.8%, 91.8%)
CMYK12.8%, 18.8%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,418,218
CSS custom property--colour: #CCBEEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55605WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness199.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.12:1
Contrast with white1.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4
Inverted#334115

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B6C5ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#B8C4E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.7 from the original
Tritanopia#C7C4CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.73:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 10.8Light steelblue · ΔE 15.4Lavender · ΔE 18.9Plum · ΔE 20.2Silver · ΔE 24.1Light grey · ΔE 24.6
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 10.84, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DCEABE
Analogous#BEC6EA, #E2BEEA
Triadic#EACCBE, #BEEACC
Split complementary#EAE2BE, #C6EABE
Tetradic#EABEC6, #DCEABE, #BEEAE2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EAE5F6
Darker −10%#AE97DE
Darker −20%#9071D1
Darker −30%#714AC5
Darker −40%#5A36A6
More saturated +25%#C8B3F5
Less saturated −25%#D0C9DF

Channel breakdown

R204
G190
B234
Red204 (80%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue259.09°
Saturation (HSL)51.16%
Lightness83.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CC · G BE · B EA

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