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Recognised as Colour

#D7BCE7

  • #D7BCE7
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#D7BCE7 is a violet with RGB values 215, 188, 231 and HSL 278°, 47%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#D7BCE7#D7BCE7
HEX#D7BCE7
RGBrgb(215, 188, 231)
RGB (0–1)0.8431, 0.7373, 0.9059
RGB percentages84.3%, 73.7%, 90.6%
HSLhsl(277.7, 47.3%, 82.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(277.7, 18.6%, 90.6%)
CMYK6.9%, 18.6%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,138,599
CSS custom property--colour: #D7BCE7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56183WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness201.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.24:1
Contrast with white1.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5
Inverted#284318

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B6C4E9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCC6E6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.3 from the original
Tritanopia#D6C1CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.72:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 9.6Plum · ΔE 17Light steelblue · ΔE 18.9Lavender · ΔE 20Pink · ΔE 22.6Silver · ΔE 25
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 9.57, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CCE7BC
Analogous#C2BCE7, #E7BCE1
Triadic#E7D7BC, #BCE7D7
Split complementary#E2E7BC, #BCE7C2
Tetradic#E7C2BC, #CCE7BC, #BCE1E7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EDE2F4
Darker −10%#C196DA
Darker −20%#AA71CC
Darker −30%#944BBF
Darker −40%#78399E
More saturated +25%#DAB1F2
Less saturated −25%#D4C7DC

Channel breakdown

R215
G188
B231
Red215 (84.3%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue231 (90.6%)
Hue277.67°
Saturation (HSL)47.25%
Lightness82.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR D7 · G BC · B E7

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