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Recognised as Colour

#CEB9DD

  • #CEB9DD
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#CEB9DD is a violet with RGB values 206, 185, 221 and HSL 275°, 35%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#CEB9DD#CEB9DD
HEX#CEB9DD
RGBrgb(206, 185, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.8078, 0.7255, 0.8667
RGB percentages80.8%, 72.5%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(275, 34.6%, 79.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275, 16.3%, 86.7%)
CMYK6.8%, 16.3%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,547,997
CSS custom property--colour: #CEB9DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5304WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness195.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.61:1
Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0
Inverted#314622

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B4BFDFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#B8C1DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.7 from the original
Tritanopia#CDBDC5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 6.5Light steelblue · ΔE 15.4Lavender · ΔE 18.2Plum · ΔE 20.2Silver · ΔE 20.8Light grey · ΔE 21.8
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 6.48, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C8DDB9
Analogous#BCB9DD, #DDB9DA
Triadic#DDCEB9, #B9DDCE
Split complementary#DADDB9, #B9DDBC
Tetradic#DDBCB9, #C8DDB9, #B9DADD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEFEFE
Lighter +10%#E6DBEE
Darker −10%#B697CC
Darker −20%#9E74BC
Darker −30%#8653AA
Darker −40%#6B4288
More saturated +25%#D0ACEA
Less saturated −25%#CCC6D0

Channel breakdown

R206
G185
B221
Red206 (80.8%)
Green185 (72.5%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue275°
Saturation (HSL)34.62%
Lightness79.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CE · G B9 · B DD

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