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Recognised as Colour

#D4BCDD

  • #D4BCDD
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#D4BCDD is a violet with RGB values 212, 188, 221 and HSL 284°, 33%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#D4BCDD#D4BCDD
HEX#D4BCDD
RGBrgb(212, 188, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.8314, 0.7373, 0.8667
RGB percentages83.1%, 73.7%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(283.6, 32.7%, 80.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(283.6, 14.9%, 86.7%)
CMYK4.1%, 14.9%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,941,981
CSS custom property--colour: #D4BCDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55184WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness199.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.04:1
Contrast with white1.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3
Inverted#2B4322

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8C2DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#BDC5DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.6 from the original
Tritanopia#D4BFC7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.3 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 text12.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 4.4Light steelblue · ΔE 15.8Lavender · ΔE 17Silver · ΔE 19.7Pink · ΔE 19.8Light grey · ΔE 20.4
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 4.39, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C5DDBC
Analogous#C4BCDD, #DDBCD6
Triadic#DDD4BC, #BCDDD4
Split complementary#D6DDBC, #BCDDC4
Tetradic#DDC4BC, #C5DDBC, #BCD6DD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EADEEE
Darker −10%#BE9ACC
Darker −20%#A978BB
Darker −30%#9357A9
Darker −40%#764588
More saturated +25%#DAAFEA
Less saturated −25%#CEC9D0

Channel breakdown

R212
G188
B221
Red212 (83.1%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue283.64°
Saturation (HSL)32.67%
Lightness80.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR D4 · G BC · B DD

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