Recognised as Colour

#CFAAE7

#CFAAE7
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#CFAAE7 is a violet with RGB values 207, 170, 231 and HSL 276°, 56%, 79%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#CFAAE7#CFAAE7

HEX#CFAAE7

RGBrgb(207, 170, 231)

RGB (0–1)0.8118, 0.6667, 0.9059

RGB percentages81.2%, 66.7%, 90.6%

HSLhsl(276.4, 56%, 78.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(276.4, 26.4%, 90.6%)

CMYK10.4%, 26.4%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,609,703

CSS custom property--colour: #CFAAE7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47784WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness189.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.56:1

Contrast with white1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6

Inverted#305518

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A1B6EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#A8B9E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.8 from the original

Tritanopia#CDB2BFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.99:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 8.8 Thistle · ΔE 20.6 Light steelblue · ΔE 28.1 Pink · ΔE 30.2 Cornflower blue · ΔE 31 Lavender · ΔE 31.3

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 8.83, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C2E7AA

Analogous#B1AAE7, #E7AAE1

Triadic#E7CFAA, #AAE7CF

Split complementary#E1E7AA, #AAE7B1

Tetradic#E7B1AA, #C2E7AA, #AAE1E7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FCFAFD

Lighter +10%#E5D2F2

Darker −10%#B982DC

Darker −20%#A25AD1

Darker −30%#8B37C1

Darker −40%#6E2B9A

More saturated +25%#D29CF5

Less saturated −25%#CCB8D9

Channel breakdown

R207

G170

B231

Red207 (81.2%)

Green170 (66.7%)

Blue231 (90.6%)

Hue276.39°

Saturation (HSL)55.96%

Lightness78.63%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR CF · G AA · B E7

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Colour values

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