Recognised as Colour

#D9B8FF

#D9B8FF
Violet
Light
Nearest: Plum

#D9B8FF is a violet with RGB values 217, 184, 255 and HSL 268°, 100%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#D9B8FF#D9B8FF

HEX#D9B8FF

RGBrgb(217, 184, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.7216, 1

RGB percentages85.1%, 72.2%, 100%

HSLhsl(267.9, 100%, 86.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(267.9, 27.8%, 100%)

CMYK14.9%, 27.8%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,268,671

CSS custom property--colour: #D9B8FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56253WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness203.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.25:1

Contrast with white1.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4

Inverted#264700

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#ABC5FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#B1C6FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.9 from the original

Tritanopia#D4C2D1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.71:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 13.1 Thistle · ΔE 24.5 Cornflower blue · ΔE 30.2 Light steelblue · ΔE 30.5 Lavender · ΔE 32.3 Violet · ΔE 33.5

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 13.11, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DEFFB8

Analogous#B8BBFF, #FDB8FF

Triadic#FFD9B8, #B8FFD9

Split complementary#FFFCB8, #BBFFB8

Tetradic#FFB8BB, #DEFFB8, #B8FFFD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F4EBFF

Darker −10%#BE85FF

Darker −20%#A252FF

Darker −30%#871FFF

Darker −40%#6D00EB

More saturated +25%#D9B8FF

Less saturated −25%#DAC1F6

Channel breakdown

R217

G184

B255

Red217 (85.1%)

Green184 (72.2%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue267.89°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness86.08%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR D9 · G B8 · B FF

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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