Colour

#CCC1D5

#CCC1D5
Violet
Light
Nearest: Thistle

#CCC1D5 is a violet with RGB values 204, 193, 213 and HSL 273°, 19%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#CCC1D5#CCC1D5

HEX#CCC1D5

RGBrgb(204, 193, 213)

RGB (0–1)0.8, 0.7569, 0.8353

RGB percentages80%, 75.7%, 83.5%

HSLhsl(273, 19.2%, 79.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(273, 9.4%, 83.5%)

CMYK4.2%, 9.4%, 0%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,418,965

CSS custom property--colour: #CCC1D5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55781WCAG 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 12.16:1

Contrast with white1.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5

Inverted#333E2A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BEC4D6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#C0C5D4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original

Tritanopia#CBC3C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.6 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 text12.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 5.8 Light steelblue · ΔE 11.1 Silver · ΔE 11.6 Light grey · ΔE 12.5 Lavender · ΔE 13 Gainsboro · ΔE 14.1

Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 5.76, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#CAD5C1

Analogous#C2C1D5, #D5C1D4

Triadic#D5CCC1, #C1D5CC

Split complementary#D4D5C1, #C1D5C2

Tetradic#D5C2C1, #CAD5C1, #C1D4D5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEFEFE

Lighter +10%#E5DFEA

Darker −10%#B3A3C0

Darker −20%#9A84AC

Darker −30%#816697

Darker −40%#675278

More saturated +25%#CDB4E2

Less saturated −25%#CBCBCB

Channel breakdown

R204

G193

B213

Red204 (80%)

Green193 (75.7%)

Blue213 (83.5%)

Hue273°

Saturation (HSL)19.23%

Lightness79.61%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR CC · G C1 · B D5

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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