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Recognised as Colour

#CFC8DD

  • #CFC8DD
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#CFC8DD is a violet with RGB values 207, 200, 221 and HSL 260°, 24%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#CFC8DD#CFC8DD
HEX#CFC8DD
RGBrgb(207, 200, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.8118, 0.7843, 0.8667
RGB percentages81.2%, 78.4%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(260, 23.6%, 82.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260, 9.5%, 86.7%)
CMYK6.3%, 9.5%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,617,373
CSS custom property--colour: #CFC8DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59794WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness204.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.96:1
Contrast with white1.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB
Inverted#303722

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C4CBDEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C5CBDCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Tritanopia#CDCBCFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.62:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 7.1Light steelblue · ΔE 10Lavender · ΔE 10.4Light grey · ΔE 11.8Silver · ΔE 12.1Gainsboro · ΔE 12.9
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 7.09, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D6DDC8
Analogous#C8CBDD, #D9C8DD
Triadic#DDCFC8, #C8DDCF
Split complementary#DDD9C8, #CBDDC8
Tetradic#DDC8CB, #D6DDC8, #C8DDDA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EBE8F0
Darker −10%#B3A8CA
Darker −20%#9889B6
Darker −30%#7C69A3
Darker −40%#645386
More saturated +25%#CBBDE8
Less saturated −25%#D3D3D3

Channel breakdown

R207
G200
B221
Red207 (81.2%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue260°
Saturation (HSL)23.6%
Lightness82.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CF · G C8 · B DD

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