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Recognised as Colour

#CEB5DA

  • #CEB5DA
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#CEB5DA is a violet with RGB values 206, 181, 218 and HSL 281°, 33%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#CEB5DA#CEB5DA
HEX#CEB5DA
RGBrgb(206, 181, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.8078, 0.7098, 0.8549
RGB percentages80.8%, 71%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(280.5, 33.3%, 78.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.5, 17%, 85.5%)
CMYK5.5%, 17%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,546,970
CSS custom property--colour: #CEB5DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51232WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness193.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.25:1
Contrast with white1.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#314A25

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0BCDCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#B5BED9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.3 from the original
Tritanopia#CEB9C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.87:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 7.3Light steelblue · ΔE 17Plum · ΔE 18.5Lavender · ΔE 20Pink · ΔE 21.5Silver · ΔE 21.9
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 7.28, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C1DAB5
Analogous#BBB5DA, #DAB5D4
Triadic#DACEB5, #B5DACE
Split complementary#D4DAB5, #B5DABB
Tetradic#DABBB5, #C1DAB5, #B5D4DA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FBF9FC
Lighter +10%#E5D7EB
Darker −10%#B793C9
Darker −20%#A171B8
Darker −30%#8952A4
Darker −40%#6D4182
More saturated +25%#D3A7E8
Less saturated −25%#C9C3CC

Channel breakdown

R206
G181
B218
Red206 (80.8%)
Green181 (71%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue280.54°
Saturation (HSL)33.33%
Lightness78.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CE · G B5 · B DA

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