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Recognised as Colour

#D1BDE3

  • #D1BDE3
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#D1BDE3 is a violet with RGB values 209, 189, 227 and HSL 272°, 40%, 82%. 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

#D1BDE3#D1BDE3
HEX#D1BDE3
RGBrgb(209, 189, 227)
RGB (0–1)0.8196, 0.7412, 0.8902
RGB percentages82%, 74.1%, 89%
HSLhsl(271.6, 40.4%, 81.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(271.6, 16.7%, 89%)
CMYK7.9%, 16.7%, 0%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,745,635
CSS custom property--colour: #D1BDE3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55497WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness199.8 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#2E421C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B7C4E5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#BBC5E2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.6 from the original
Tritanopia#CFC2CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.2 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 7.2Light steelblue · ΔE 15.4Lavender · ΔE 17.6Plum · ΔE 20.2Silver · ΔE 21.6Light grey · ΔE 22.2
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 7.2, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CFE3BD
Analogous#BEBDE3, #E3BDE2
Triadic#E3D1BD, #BDE3D1
Split complementary#E2E3BD, #BDE3BE
Tetradic#E3BEBD, #CFE3BD, #BDE2E3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EAE1F2
Darker −10%#B899D4
Darker −20%#9F75C5
Darker −30%#8652B5
Darker −40%#6C3F95
More saturated +25%#D2B1EF
Less saturated −25%#D0C9D7

Channel breakdown

R209
G189
B227
Red209 (82%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue227 (89%)
Hue271.58°
Saturation (HSL)40.43%
Lightness81.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR D1 · G BD · B E3

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