Recognised as Colour

#D4CBEA

#D4CBEA
Violet
Light
Nearest: Thistle

#D4CBEA is a violet with RGB values 212, 203, 234 and HSL 257°, 42%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#D4CBEA#D4CBEA

HEX#D4CBEA

RGBrgb(212, 203, 234)

RGB (0–1)0.8314, 0.7961, 0.9176

RGB percentages83.1%, 79.6%, 91.8%

HSLhsl(257.4, 42.5%, 85.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(257.4, 13.2%, 91.8%)

CMYK9.4%, 13.2%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,945,834

CSS custom property--colour: #D4CBEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62649WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness209.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.53:1

Contrast with white1.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF

Inverted#2B3415

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C5CFEBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#C7CFE9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.5 from the original

Tritanopia#D0CFD5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.55:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 7.3 Lavender · ΔE 11 Light steelblue · ΔE 11.3 Light grey · ΔE 16.8 Gainsboro · ΔE 17.3 Silver · ΔE 17.6

Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 7.26, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#E1EACB

Analogous#CBD2EA, #E4CBEA

Triadic#EAD4CB, #CBEAD4

Split complementary#EAE4CB, #D2EACB

Tetradic#EACBD1, #E1EACB, #CBEAE4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F2EFF9

Darker −10%#B6A7DB

Darker −20%#9882CD

Darker −30%#7A5EBE

Darker −40%#6043A6

More saturated +25%#D0C2F3

Less saturated −25%#D8D4E1

Channel breakdown

R212

G203

B234

Red212 (83.1%)

Green203 (79.6%)

Blue234 (91.8%)

Hue257.42°

Saturation (HSL)42.47%

Lightness85.69%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR D4 · G CB · B EA

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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