Recognised as Colour

#CEABFF

#CEABFF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#CEABFF is a violet with RGB values 206, 171, 255 and HSL 265°, 100%, 84%. 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

#CEABFF#CEABFF

HEX#CEABFF

RGBrgb(206, 171, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.8078, 0.6706, 1

RGB percentages80.8%, 67.1%, 100%

HSLhsl(265, 100%, 83.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(265, 32.9%, 100%)

CMYK19.2%, 32.9%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,544,447

CSS custom property--colour: #CEABFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49468WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness193 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.89:1

Contrast with white1.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9

Inverted#315400

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#99BAFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#A0BBFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.4 from the original

Tritanopia#C6B8CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.93:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 15.6 Medium purple · ΔE 25.9 Cornflower blue · ΔE 26.9 Violet · ΔE 28.2 Orchid · ΔE 29.6 Thistle · ΔE 32.1

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 15.58, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DCFFAB

Analogous#ABB2FF, #F8ABFF

Triadic#FFCEAB, #ABFFCE

Split complementary#FFF8AB, #B2FFAB

Tetradic#FFABB2, #DCFFAB, #ABFFF8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#ECDEFF

Darker −10%#B078FF

Darker −20%#9345FF

Darker −30%#7512FF

Darker −40%#5D00DE

More saturated +25%#CEABFF

Less saturated −25%#D0B5F4

Channel breakdown

R206

G171

B255

Red206 (80.8%)

Green171 (67.1%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue265°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness83.53%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR CE · G AB · B FF

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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