Recognised as Colour

#CE9EED

#CE9EED
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#CE9EED is a violet with RGB values 206, 158, 237 and HSL 276°, 69%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#CE9EED#CE9EED

HEX#CE9EED

RGBrgb(206, 158, 237)

RGB (0–1)0.8078, 0.6196, 0.9294

RGB percentages80.8%, 62%, 92.9%

HSLhsl(276.5, 68.7%, 77.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(276.5, 33.3%, 92.9%)

CMYK13.1%, 33.3%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,541,101

CSS custom property--colour: #CE9EED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4369WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness183.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.74:1

Contrast with white2.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE

Inverted#316112

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#90AEF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#9BB2EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original

Tritanopia#CBA9BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.16:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 11 Medium purple · ΔE 24.6 Violet · ΔE 24.7 Orchid · ΔE 25 Cornflower blue · ΔE 29.8 Thistle · ΔE 31.3

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 11.04, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BDED9E

Analogous#A69EED, #ED9EE5

Triadic#EDCE9E, #9EEDCE

Split complementary#E5ED9E, #9EEDA6

Tetradic#EDA69E, #BDED9E, #9EE5ED

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F9F4FD

Lighter +10%#E4C9F5

Darker −10%#B873E5

Darker −20%#A348DD

Darker −30%#8B26CC

Darker −40%#6E1EA1

More saturated +25%#D190FB

Less saturated −25%#CBACDF

Channel breakdown

R206

G158

B237

Red206 (80.8%)

Green158 (62%)

Blue237 (92.9%)

Hue276.46°

Saturation (HSL)68.7%

Lightness77.45%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR CE · G 9E · B ED

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#CE9EED

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else