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Colour

#CCCAD2

  • #CCCAD2
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light grey

#CCCAD2 is a violet with RGB values 204, 202, 210 and HSL 255°, 8%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light grey.

Colour values

#CCCAD2#CCCAD2
HEX#CCCAD2
RGBrgb(204, 202, 210)
RGB (0–1)0.8, 0.7922, 0.8235
RGB percentages80%, 79.2%, 82.4%
HSLhsl(255, 8.2%, 80.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(255, 3.8%, 82.4%)
CMYK2.9%, 3.8%, 0%, 17.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,421,266
CSS custom property--colour: #CCCAD2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59732WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness203.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.95:1
Contrast with white1.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB
Inverted#33352D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C9CBD2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C9CBD2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Tritanopia#CBCBCCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.62:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light grey · ΔE 5.2Silver · ΔE 5.9Gainsboro · ΔE 7.4Lavender · ΔE 11.8Light steelblue · ΔE 12.4Thistle · ΔE 12.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight grey (#D3D3D3)ΔE 5.18, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D0D2CA
Analogous#CACCD2, #D0CAD2
Triadic#D2CCCA, #CAD2CC
Split complementary#D2D0CA, #CCD2CA
Tetradic#D2CACC, #D0D2CA, #CAD2D0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E7E6E9
Darker −10%#B1AEBB
Darker −20%#9793A3
Darker −30%#7C778C
Darker −40%#646070
More saturated +25%#C6BEDE
Less saturated −25%#CECECE

Channel breakdown

R204
G202
B210
Red204 (80%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue210 (82.4%)
Hue255°
Saturation (HSL)8.16%
Lightness80.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CC · G CA · B D2

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