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Recognised as Colour

#CEA6EE

  • #CEA6EE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#CEA6EE is a violet with RGB values 206, 166, 238 and HSL 273°, 68%, 79%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#CEA6EE#CEA6EE
HEX#CEA6EE
RGBrgb(206, 166, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.8078, 0.651, 0.9333
RGB percentages80.8%, 65.1%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(273.3, 67.9%, 79.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.3, 30.3%, 93.3%)
CMYK13.4%, 30.3%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,543,150
CSS custom property--colour: #CEA6EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46567WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness187.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.31:1
Contrast with white2.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#315911

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#99B4F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#A2B6ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.5 from the original
Tritanopia#CAB0C0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.04:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 9.8Thistle · ΔE 26.6Medium purple · ΔE 28.6Cornflower blue · ΔE 29Violet · ΔE 29.5Orchid · ΔE 29.8
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 9.77, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C6EEA6
Analogous#AAA6EE, #EEA6EA
Triadic#EECEA6, #A6EECE
Split complementary#EAEEA6, #A6EEAA
Tetradic#EEAAA6, #C6EEA6, #A6EAEE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDFCFE
Lighter +10%#E6D1F6
Darker −10%#B67BE6
Darker −20%#9F50DE
Darker −30%#8728D3
Darker −40%#6C20A8
More saturated +25%#CF99FB
Less saturated −25%#CDB3E1

Channel breakdown

R206
G166
B238
Red206 (80.8%)
Green166 (65.1%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue273.33°
Saturation (HSL)67.92%
Lightness79.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CE · G A6 · B EE

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