Recognised as Colour

#CEACE4

#CEACE4
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#CEACE4 is a violet with RGB values 206, 172, 228 and HSL 276°, 51%, 78%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#CEACE4#CEACE4

HEX#CEACE4

RGBrgb(206, 172, 228)

RGB (0–1)0.8078, 0.6745, 0.8941

RGB percentages80.8%, 67.5%, 89.4%

HSLhsl(276.4, 50.9%, 78.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(276.4, 24.6%, 89.4%)

CMYK9.6%, 24.6%, 0%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,544,676

CSS custom property--colour: #CEACE4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48228WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness189.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.65:1

Contrast with white1.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7

Inverted#31531B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A4B7E6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#ABB9E2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.6 from the original

Tritanopia#CCB3BFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.97:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 10.2 Thistle · ΔE 17.8 Light steelblue · ΔE 25.5 Pink · ΔE 28.2 Lavender · ΔE 28.8 Light pink · ΔE 29.7

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 10.23, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C2E4AC

Analogous#B2ACE4, #E4ACDE

Triadic#E4CEAC, #ACE4CE

Split complementary#DEE4AC, #ACE4B2

Tetradic#E4B2AC, #C2E4AC, #ACDEE4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FBF9FD

Lighter +10%#E5D2F1

Darker −10%#B786D7

Darker −20%#A15FCB

Darker −30%#893DBA

Darker −40%#6D3094

More saturated +25%#D19EF2

Less saturated −25%#CBBAD6

Channel breakdown

R206

G172

B228

Red206 (80.8%)

Green172 (67.5%)

Blue228 (89.4%)

Hue276.43°

Saturation (HSL)50.91%

Lightness78.43%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR CE · G AC · B E4

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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