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Colour

#CECBD4

  • #CECBD4
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light grey

#CECBD4 is a violet with RGB values 206, 203, 212 and HSL 260°, 9%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light grey.

Colour values

#CECBD4#CECBD4
HEX#CECBD4
RGBrgb(206, 203, 212)
RGB (0–1)0.8078, 0.7961, 0.8314
RGB percentages80.8%, 79.6%, 83.1%
HSLhsl(260, 9.5%, 81.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260, 4.2%, 83.1%)
CMYK2.8%, 4.2%, 0%, 16.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,552,596
CSS custom property--colour: #CECBD4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60587WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness204.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.12:1
Contrast with white1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC
Inverted#31342B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CACCD4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#CACCD4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Tritanopia#CDCCCEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.6:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light grey · ΔE 5.5Silver · ΔE 6.6Gainsboro · ΔE 7.4Lavender · ΔE 11.2Thistle · ΔE 11.9Light steelblue · ΔE 12.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight grey (#D3D3D3)ΔE 5.46, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D1D4CB
Analogous#CBCCD4, #D3CBD4
Triadic#D4CECB, #CBD4CE
Split complementary#D4D3CB, #CCD4CB
Tetradic#D4CBCC, #D1D4CB, #CBD4D3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E8E7EB
Darker −10%#B4AFBD
Darker −20%#9993A6
Darker −30%#7F778F
Darker −40%#666073
More saturated +25%#CABFE0
Less saturated −25%#D0D0D0

Channel breakdown

R206
G203
B212
Red206 (80.8%)
Green203 (79.6%)
Blue212 (83.1%)
Hue260°
Saturation (HSL)9.47%
Lightness81.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CE · G CB · B D4

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