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Recognised as Colour

#CEBDEF

  • #CEBDEF
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#CEBDEF is a violet with RGB values 206, 189, 239 and HSL 260°, 61%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#CEBDEF#CEBDEF
HEX#CEBDEF
RGBrgb(206, 189, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.8078, 0.7412, 0.9373
RGB percentages80.8%, 74.1%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(260.4, 61%, 83.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.4, 20.9%, 93.7%)
CMYK13.8%, 20.9%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,549,039
CSS custom property--colour: #CEBDEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55749WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.15:1
Contrast with white1.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4
Inverted#314210

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B3C5F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#B6C5EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.2 from the original
Tritanopia#C9C4CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.73:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 13.6Plum · ΔE 18Light steelblue · ΔE 18.4Lavender · ΔE 21.5Light skyblue · ΔE 27Silver · ΔE 27.5
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 13.58, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DEEFBD
Analogous#BDC5EF, #E7BDEF
Triadic#EFCEBD, #BDEFCE
Split complementary#EFE7BD, #C5EFBD
Tetradic#EFBDC5, #DEEFBD, #BDEFE7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#ECE6F9
Darker −10%#B094E5
Darker −20%#916BDB
Darker −30%#7342D1
Darker −40%#5A2CB4
More saturated +25%#CBB3F9
Less saturated −25%#D1C7E5

Channel breakdown

R206
G189
B239
Red206 (80.8%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue260.4°
Saturation (HSL)60.98%
Lightness83.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CE · G BD · B EF

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