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Recognised as Colour

#CFBCDB

  • #CFBCDB
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#CFBCDB is a violet with RGB values 207, 188, 219 and HSL 277°, 30%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#CFBCDB#CFBCDB
HEX#CFBCDB
RGBrgb(207, 188, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.8118, 0.7373, 0.8588
RGB percentages81.2%, 73.7%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(276.8, 30.1%, 79.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(276.8, 14.2%, 85.9%)
CMYK5.5%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,614,299
CSS custom property--colour: #CFBCDB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54346WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness197.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.87:1
Contrast with white1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#304324

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8C2DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCC3DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.2 from the original
Tritanopia#CEBFC6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 4.1Light steelblue · ΔE 13.8Lavender · ΔE 16.1Silver · ΔE 18Light grey · ΔE 18.9Gainsboro · ΔE 20.1
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 4.15, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C8DBBC
Analogous#C0BCDB, #DBBCD8
Triadic#DBCFBC, #BCDBCF
Split complementary#D8DBBC, #BCDBC0
Tetradic#DBC0BC, #C8DBBC, #BCD8DB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFEFF
Lighter +10%#E7DDED
Darker −10%#B79BC9
Darker −20%#9F7AB7
Darker −30%#8859A5
Darker −40%#6C4784
More saturated +25%#D2AFE8
Less saturated −25%#CCC9CE

Channel breakdown

R207
G188
B219
Red207 (81.2%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue276.77°
Saturation (HSL)30.1%
Lightness79.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CF · G BC · B DB

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