Colour

#CEB9FD

#CEB9FD
Violet
Light
Nearest: Plum

#CEB9FD is a violet with RGB values 206, 185, 253 and HSL 259°, 94%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#CEB9FD#CEB9FD

HEX#CEB9FD

RGBrgb(206, 185, 253)

RGB (0–1)0.8078, 0.7255, 0.9922

RGB percentages80.8%, 72.5%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(258.5, 94.4%, 85.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(258.5, 26.9%, 99.2%)

CMYK18.6%, 26.9%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,548,029

CSS custom property--colour: #CEB9FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54912WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness200.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.98:1

Contrast with white1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2

Inverted#314602

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AAC4FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16 from the original

Deuteranopia#ADC3FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.6 from the original

Tritanopia#C6C3D1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 15.8 Thistle · ΔE 22.9 Light steelblue · ΔE 27 Cornflower blue · ΔE 27.6 Lavender · ΔE 30.1 Light skyblue · ΔE 31.7

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 15.78, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E8FDB9

Analogous#B9C6FD, #F0B9FD

Triadic#FDCEB9, #B9FDCE

Split complementary#FDF0B9, #C6FDB9

Tetradic#FDB9C6, #E8FDB9, #B9FDF0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F1EBFE

Darker −10%#AB87FC

Darker −20%#8956FA

Darker −30%#6624F9

Darker −40%#4B06E4

More saturated +25%#CDB7FF

Less saturated −25%#D1C2F4

Channel breakdown

R206

G185

B253

Red206 (80.8%)

Green185 (72.5%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue258.53°

Saturation (HSL)94.44%

Lightness85.88%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR CE · G B9 · B FD

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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