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Recognised as Colour

#D9CEEB

  • #D9CEEB
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#D9CEEB is a violet with RGB values 217, 206, 235 and HSL 263°, 42%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#D9CEEB#D9CEEB
HEX#D9CEEB
RGBrgb(217, 206, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.8078, 0.9216
RGB percentages85.1%, 80.8%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(262.8, 42%, 86.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.8, 12.3%, 92.2%)
CMYK7.7%, 12.3%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,274,283
CSS custom property--colour: #D9CEEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64892WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness212.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.98:1
Contrast with white1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2
Inverted#263114

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C9D2ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#CBD3EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Tritanopia#D6D2D7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.5:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 7Lavender · ΔE 9.7Light steelblue · ΔE 12.3Light grey · ΔE 15.8Gainsboro · ΔE 16.2Silver · ΔE 17.2
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 6.99, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E0EBCE
Analogous#CED2EB, #E7CEEB
Triadic#EBD9CE, #CEEBD9
Split complementary#EBE8CE, #D2EBCE
Tetradic#EBCED2, #E0EBCE, #CEEBE7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F5F2FA
Darker −10%#BDAADC
Darker −20%#A186CD
Darker −30%#8561BF
Darker −40%#6A45A8
More saturated +25%#D7C5F4
Less saturated −25%#DBD7E2

Channel breakdown

R217
G206
B235
Red217 (85.1%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue262.76°
Saturation (HSL)42.03%
Lightness86.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR D9 · G CE · B EB

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