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Recognised as Colour

#D7C8EA

  • #D7C8EA
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#D7C8EA is a violet with RGB values 215, 200, 234 and HSL 266°, 45%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#D7C8EA#D7C8EA
HEX#D7C8EA
RGBrgb(215, 200, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.8431, 0.7843, 0.9176
RGB percentages84.3%, 78.4%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(266.5, 44.7%, 85.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266.5, 14.5%, 91.8%)
CMYK8.1%, 14.5%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,141,674
CSS custom property--colour: #D7C8EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61696WCAG 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 13.34:1
Contrast with white1.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CECECE
Inverted#283715

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C3CDECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#C5CEE9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.2 from the original
Tritanopia#D4CCD3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.57:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 6.5Lavender · ΔE 13.1Light steelblue · ΔE 13.5Light grey · ΔE 18.9Gainsboro · ΔE 19.5Silver · ΔE 19.5
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 6.49, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DBEAC8
Analogous#C8CAEA, #E8C8EA
Triadic#EAD7C8, #C8EAD7
Split complementary#EAE8C8, #CAEAC8
Tetradic#EAC8CA, #DBEAC8, #C8EAE8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F2EDF8
Darker −10%#BCA3DC
Darker −20%#A17ECE
Darker −30%#8659C0
Darker −40%#6D40A6
More saturated +25%#D6BFF4
Less saturated −25%#D8D2E1

Channel breakdown

R215
G200
B234
Red215 (84.3%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue266.47°
Saturation (HSL)44.74%
Lightness85.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR D7 · G C8 · B EA

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