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Recognised as Colour

#D9BBE0

  • #D9BBE0
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#D9BBE0 is a violet with RGB values 217, 187, 224 and HSL 289°, 37%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#D9BBE0#D9BBE0
HEX#D9BBE0
RGBrgb(217, 187, 224)
RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.7333, 0.8784
RGB percentages85.1%, 73.3%, 87.8%
HSLhsl(288.6, 37.4%, 80.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(288.6, 16.5%, 87.8%)
CMYK3.1%, 16.5%, 0%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,269,408
CSS custom property--colour: #D9BBE0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55674WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.13:1
Contrast with white1.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4
Inverted#26441F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B7C3E2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#BEC6DFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15 from the original
Tritanopia#DABFC7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.73:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 6.6Plum · ΔE 18.1Light steelblue · ΔE 18.5Lavender · ΔE 19Pink · ΔE 19.6Light pink · ΔE 22.4
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 6.64, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C2E0BB
Analogous#C7BBE0, #E0BBD5
Triadic#E0D9BB, #BBE0D9
Split complementary#D5E0BB, #BBE0C7
Tetradic#E0C7BB, #C2E0BB, #BBD5E0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EDDEF0
Darker −10%#C598D0
Darker −20%#B275C0
Darker −30%#9E52B0
Darker −40%#80418E
More saturated +25%#E1AFEC
Less saturated −25%#D1C7D4

Channel breakdown

R217
G187
B224
Red217 (85.1%)
Green187 (73.3%)
Blue224 (87.8%)
Hue288.65°
Saturation (HSL)37.37%
Lightness80.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR D9 · G BB · B E0

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