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Recognised as Colour

#D5BADB

  • #D5BADB
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#D5BADB is a violet with RGB values 213, 186, 219 and HSL 289°, 31%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#D5BADB#D5BADB
HEX#D5BADB
RGBrgb(213, 186, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.8353, 0.7294, 0.8588
RGB percentages83.5%, 72.9%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(289.1, 31.4%, 79.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(289.1, 15.1%, 85.9%)
CMYK2.7%, 15.1%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,007,003
CSS custom property--colour: #D5BADB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54378WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness198.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.88:1
Contrast with white1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#2A4524

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B7C1DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCC4DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.9 from the original
Tritanopia#D6BDC5no 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 text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 4.6Light steelblue · ΔE 16.9Lavender · ΔE 17.9Pink · ΔE 19.1Plum · ΔE 20Silver · ΔE 20.2
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 4.57, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C0DBBA
Analogous#C4BADB, #DBBAD1
Triadic#DBD5BA, #BADBD5
Split complementary#D0DBBA, #BADBC5
Tetradic#DBC5BA, #C0DBBA, #BAD0DB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEFDFE
Lighter +10%#E9DCEC
Darker −10%#C198CA
Darker −20%#AC77B8
Darker −30%#9756A6
Darker −40%#794584
More saturated +25%#DDADE8
Less saturated −25%#CDC7CE

Channel breakdown

R213
G186
B219
Red213 (83.5%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue289.09°
Saturation (HSL)31.43%
Lightness79.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR D5 · G BA · B DB

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