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Recognised as Colour

#D5B7E8

  • #D5B7E8
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#D5B7E8 is a violet with RGB values 213, 183, 232 and HSL 277°, 52%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#D5B7E8#D5B7E8
HEX#D5B7E8
RGBrgb(213, 183, 232)
RGB (0–1)0.8353, 0.7176, 0.9098
RGB percentages83.5%, 71.8%, 91%
HSLhsl(276.7, 51.6%, 81.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(276.7, 21.1%, 91%)
CMYK8.2%, 21.1%, 0%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,006,248
CSS custom property--colour: #D5B7E8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53839WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness198.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.77:1
Contrast with white1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1
Inverted#2A4817

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0C0EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#B6C3E6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.8 from the original
Tritanopia#D3BDC8no 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 text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 13Plum · ΔE 13.9Light steelblue · ΔE 21.5Lavender · ΔE 23.5Pink · ΔE 24.8Light pink · ΔE 26.9
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 13.02, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CAE8B7
Analogous#BDB7E8, #E8B7E2
Triadic#E8D5B7, #B7E8D5
Split complementary#E3E8B7, #B7E8BD
Tetradic#E8BDB7, #CAE8B7, #B7E2E8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#ECDEF4
Darker −10%#BE90DC
Darker −20%#A86ACF
Darker −30%#9143C3
Darker −40%#7633A0
More saturated +25%#D8ABF4
Less saturated −25%#D2C3DC

Channel breakdown

R213
G183
B232
Red213 (83.5%)
Green183 (71.8%)
Blue232 (91%)
Hue276.73°
Saturation (HSL)51.58%
Lightness81.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR D5 · G B7 · B E8

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