Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#D6CBDF

  • #D6CBDF
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#D6CBDF is a violet with RGB values 214, 203, 223 and HSL 273°, 24%, 84%. 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

#D6CBDF#D6CBDF
HEX#D6CBDF
RGBrgb(214, 203, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.8392, 0.7961, 0.8745
RGB percentages83.9%, 79.6%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(273, 23.8%, 83.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273, 9%, 87.5%)
CMYK4%, 9%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,076,895
CSS custom property--colour: #D6CBDF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62336WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness208.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.47:1
Contrast with white1.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF
Inverted#293420

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C8CEE0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#CACFDEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original
Tritanopia#D5CDD1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.56:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 6.5Lavender · ΔE 9.6Light grey · ΔE 11.4Light steelblue · ΔE 11.9Gainsboro · ΔE 12.2Silver · ΔE 12.5
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 6.54, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D4DFCB
Analogous#CCCBDF, #DFCBDE
Triadic#DFD6CB, #CBDFD6
Split complementary#DEDFCB, #CBDFCC
Tetradic#DFCCCB, #D4DFCB, #CBDEDF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EFEBF2
Darker −10%#BDABCC
Darker −20%#A48CB8
Darker −30%#8B6CA5
Darker −40%#725589
More saturated +25%#D7C0EA
Less saturated −25%#D5D5D5

Channel breakdown

R214
G203
B223
Red214 (83.9%)
Green203 (79.6%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue273°
Saturation (HSL)23.81%
Lightness83.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR D6 · G CB · B DF

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “d6cbdf” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.