Recognised as Colour

#D8ACFF

#D8ACFF
Violet
Light
Nearest: Plum

#D8ACFF is a violet with RGB values 216, 172, 255 and HSL 272°, 100%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#D8ACFF#D8ACFF

HEX#D8ACFF

RGBrgb(216, 172, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.8471, 0.6745, 1

RGB percentages84.7%, 67.5%, 100%

HSLhsl(271.8, 100%, 83.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(271.8, 32.5%, 100%)

CMYK15.3%, 32.5%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,200,063

CSS custom property--colour: #D8ACFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51324WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness196.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.26:1

Contrast with white1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB

Inverted#275300

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9CBCFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#A6BEFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.8 from the original

Tritanopia#D3B8CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 13.6 Violet · ΔE 26.2 Medium purple · ΔE 27.1 Orchid · ΔE 27.9 Cornflower blue · ΔE 30.1 Thistle · ΔE 31.7

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 13.63, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#D3FFAC

Analogous#AEACFF, #FFACFD

Triadic#FFD8AC, #ACFFD8

Split complementary#FDFFAC, #ACFFAF

Tetradic#FFAFAC, #D3FFAC, #ACFDFF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F0DFFF

Darker −10%#C079FF

Darker −20%#A846FF

Darker −30%#9013FF

Darker −40%#7600DF

More saturated +25%#D8ACFF

Less saturated −25%#D7B6F5

Channel breakdown

R216

G172

B255

Red216 (84.7%)

Green172 (67.5%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue271.81°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness83.73%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR D8 · G AC · B FF

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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