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Recognised as Colour

#CEC7D8

  • #CEC7D8
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#CEC7D8 is a violet with RGB values 206, 199, 216 and HSL 265°, 18%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#CEC7D8#CEC7D8
HEX#CEC7D8
RGBrgb(206, 199, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.8078, 0.7804, 0.8471
RGB percentages80.8%, 78%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(264.7, 17.9%, 81.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264.7, 7.9%, 84.7%)
CMYK4.6%, 7.9%, 0%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,551,576
CSS custom property--colour: #CEC7D8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58927WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness203.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.79:1
Contrast with white1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CACACA
Inverted#313827

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C4CAD9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#C6CAD7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original
Tritanopia#CDC9CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 7.9Light grey · ΔE 10Silver · ΔE 10Light steelblue · ΔE 10.6Lavender · ΔE 10.9Gainsboro · ΔE 11.4
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 7.91, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D1D8C7
Analogous#C7C9D8, #D7C7D8
Triadic#D8CEC7, #C7D8CE
Split complementary#D8D7C7, #C9D8C7
Tetradic#D8C7C9, #D1D8C7, #C7D8D7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E8E5ED
Darker −10%#B4A9C3
Darker −20%#998BAE
Darker −30%#7F6D99
Darker −40%#66577C
More saturated +25%#CCBBE4
Less saturated −25%#D0D0D0

Channel breakdown

R206
G199
B216
Red206 (80.8%)
Green199 (78%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue264.71°
Saturation (HSL)17.89%
Lightness81.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CE · G C7 · B D8

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