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Recognised as Colour

#D0BCED

  • #D0BCED
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#D0BCED is a violet with RGB values 208, 188, 237 and HSL 264°, 58%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#D0BCED#D0BCED
HEX#D0BCED
RGBrgb(208, 188, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.8157, 0.7373, 0.9294
RGB percentages81.6%, 73.7%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(264.5, 57.6%, 83.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264.5, 20.7%, 92.9%)
CMYK12.2%, 20.7%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,679,853
CSS custom property--colour: #D0BCED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55491WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.1:1
Contrast with white1.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4
Inverted#2F4312

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B3C4EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B7C4EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.6 from the original
Tritanopia#CCC3CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.74:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 12.9Plum · ΔE 17.3Light steelblue · ΔE 18.8Lavender · ΔE 21.5Pink · ΔE 26.6Silver · ΔE 27.2
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 12.9, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D9EDBC
Analogous#BCC1ED, #E9BCED
Triadic#EDD0BC, #BCEDD0
Split complementary#EDE9BC, #C1EDBC
Tetradic#EDBCC1, #D9EDBC, #BCEDE9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#ECE4F8
Darker −10%#B494E2
Darker −20%#986CD7
Darker −30%#7B43CD
Darker −40%#632FAE
More saturated +25%#CEB1F8
Less saturated −25%#D2C7E2

Channel breakdown

R208
G188
B237
Red208 (81.6%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue264.49°
Saturation (HSL)57.65%
Lightness83.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR D0 · G BC · B ED

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