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Recognised as Colour

#D3C8EE

  • #D3C8EE
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#D3C8EE is a violet with RGB values 211, 200, 238 and HSL 257°, 53%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#D3C8EE#D3C8EE
HEX#D3C8EE
RGBrgb(211, 200, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.8275, 0.7843, 0.9333
RGB percentages82.7%, 78.4%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(257.4, 52.8%, 85.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(257.4, 16%, 93.3%)
CMYK11.3%, 16%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,879,534
CSS custom property--colour: #D3C8EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6133WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness208 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.27:1
Contrast with white1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CDCDCD
Inverted#2C3711

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C1CDF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original
Deuteranopia#C2CDEDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.2 from the original
Tritanopia#CFCDD5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.58:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 8.8Light steelblue · ΔE 13.1Lavender · ΔE 14.1Light grey · ΔE 20.7Silver · ΔE 21.1Gainsboro · ΔE 21.2
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 8.77, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E3EEC8
Analogous#C8D0EE, #E6C8EE
Triadic#EED3C8, #C8EED3
Split complementary#EEE6C8, #D0EEC8
Tetradic#EEC8D0, #E3EEC8, #C8EEE6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F2EFFA
Darker −10%#B4A1E2
Darker −20%#957AD6
Darker −30%#7553CA
Darker −40%#5B37B3
More saturated +25%#CFBFF7
Less saturated −25%#D7D1E5

Channel breakdown

R211
G200
B238
Red211 (82.7%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue257.37°
Saturation (HSL)52.78%
Lightness85.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR D3 · G C8 · B EE

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