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Recognised as Colour

#CDC8DA

  • #CDC8DA
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#CDC8DA is a violet with RGB values 205, 200, 218 and HSL 257°, 20%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#CDC8DA#CDC8DA
HEX#CDC8DA
RGBrgb(205, 200, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.8039, 0.7843, 0.8549
RGB percentages80.4%, 78.4%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(256.7, 19.6%, 82%)
HSV / HSBhsv(256.7, 8.3%, 85.5%)
CMYK6%, 8.3%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,486,298
CSS custom property--colour: #CDC8DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5935WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness203.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.87:1
Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CACACA
Inverted#323725

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C5CADBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#C5CAD9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Tritanopia#CBCACEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 8.3Light steelblue · ΔE 9.9Light grey · ΔE 10.2Silver · ΔE 10.5Lavender · ΔE 10.5Gainsboro · ΔE 11.6
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 8.3, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D5DAC8
Analogous#C8CCDA, #D6C8DA
Triadic#DACDC8, #C8DACD
Split complementary#DAD6C8, #CCDAC8
Tetradic#DAC8CC, #D5DAC8, #C8DAD6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E9E6EF
Darker −10%#B1AAC5
Darker −20%#968BB1
Darker −30%#7A6D9C
Darker −40%#625680
More saturated +25%#C8BDE6
Less saturated −25%#D1D1D1

Channel breakdown

R205
G200
B218
Red205 (80.4%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue256.67°
Saturation (HSL)19.57%
Lightness81.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CD · G C8 · B DA

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