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Recognised as Colour

#CDBFD4

  • #CDBFD4
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#CDBFD4 is a violet with RGB values 205, 191, 212 and HSL 280°, 20%, 79%. 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

#CDBFD4#CDBFD4
HEX#CDBFD4
RGBrgb(205, 191, 212)
RGB (0–1)0.8039, 0.749, 0.8314
RGB percentages80.4%, 74.9%, 83.1%
HSLhsl(280, 19.6%, 79%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280, 9.9%, 83.1%)
CMYK3.3%, 9.9%, 0%, 16.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,483,988
CSS custom property--colour: #CDBFD4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54994WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness197.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12:1
Contrast with white1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3
Inverted#32402B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BDC3D5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#BFC4D3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Tritanopia#CDC1C6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.5 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 text12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 4.6Light steelblue · ΔE 12Silver · ΔE 12.4Light grey · ΔE 13.5Lavender · ΔE 13.8Gainsboro · ΔE 15.1
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 4.62, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C6D4BF
Analogous#C3BFD4, #D4BFD1
Triadic#D4CDBF, #BFD4CD
Split complementary#D1D4BF, #BFD4C3
Tetradic#D4C3BF, #C6D4BF, #BFD1D4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDFCFD
Lighter +10%#E5DEE8
Darker −10%#B5A0C0
Darker −20%#9D82AB
Darker −30%#856496
Darker −40%#6A5077
More saturated +25%#D1B2E1
Less saturated −25%#CACACA

Channel breakdown

R205
G191
B212
Red205 (80.4%)
Green191 (74.9%)
Blue212 (83.1%)
Hue280°
Saturation (HSL)19.63%
Lightness79.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CD · G BF · B D4

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