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Recognised as Colour

#D3BCED

  • #D3BCED
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#D3BCED is a violet with RGB values 211, 188, 237 and HSL 268°, 58%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#D3BCED#D3BCED
HEX#D3BCED
RGBrgb(211, 188, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.8275, 0.7373, 0.9294
RGB percentages82.7%, 73.7%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(268.2, 57.6%, 83.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(268.2, 20.7%, 92.9%)
CMYK11%, 20.7%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,876,461
CSS custom property--colour: #D3BCED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5593WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness201.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.19:1
Contrast with white1.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4
Inverted#2C4312

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B4C4EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#B8C5EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.8 from the original
Tritanopia#D0C2CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.72:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 12.8Plum · ΔE 16.5Light steelblue · ΔE 19.6Lavender · ΔE 21.7Pink · ΔE 25.9Silver · ΔE 27.5
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 12.77, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D6EDBC
Analogous#BCBEED, #EBBCED
Triadic#EDD3BC, #BCEDD3
Split complementary#EDECBC, #BEEDBC
Tetradic#EDBCBE, #D6EDBC, #BCEDEC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EDE4F8
Darker −10%#B994E2
Darker −20%#9E6CD7
Darker −30%#8443CD
Darker −40%#6B2FAE
More saturated +25%#D2B1F8
Less saturated −25%#D4C7E2

Channel breakdown

R211
G188
B237
Red211 (82.7%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue268.16°
Saturation (HSL)57.65%
Lightness83.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR D3 · G BC · B ED

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