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Recognised as Colour

#CDAFEC

  • #CDAFEC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#CDAFEC is a violet with RGB values 205, 175, 236 and HSL 270°, 62%, 81%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#CDAFEC#CDAFEC
HEX#CDAFEC
RGBrgb(205, 175, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.8039, 0.6863, 0.9255
RGB percentages80.4%, 68.6%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(269.5, 61.6%, 80.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(269.5, 25.8%, 92.5%)
CMYK13.1%, 25.8%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,479,916
CSS custom property--colour: #CDAFEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49695WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness192.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.94:1
Contrast with white1.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#325013

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A4BAEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#AABBEAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.7 from the original
Tritanopia#C9B7C4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.92:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 11.5Thistle · ΔE 19.9Light steelblue · ΔE 26.2Lavender · ΔE 29.7Cornflower blue · ΔE 29.7Pink · ΔE 30.8
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 11.5, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CEECAF
Analogous#AFB0EC, #ECAFEC
Triadic#ECCDAF, #AFECCD
Split complementary#ECECAF, #AFECAF
Tetradic#ECAFB0, #CEECAF, #AFECEC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E7D8F6
Darker −10%#B386E2
Darker −20%#995DD8
Darker −30%#8033CF
Darker −40%#6628A7
More saturated +25%#CDA3F8
Less saturated −25%#CDBBE0

Channel breakdown

R205
G175
B236
Red205 (80.4%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue269.51°
Saturation (HSL)61.62%
Lightness80.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CD · G AF · B EC

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