Colour

#E0AAFF

#E0AAFF
Violet
Light
Nearest: Plum

#E0AAFF is a violet with RGB values 224, 170, 255 and HSL 278°, 100%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#E0AAFF#E0AAFF

HEX#E0AAFF

RGBrgb(224, 170, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.8784, 0.6667, 1

RGB percentages87.8%, 66.7%, 100%

HSLhsl(278.1, 100%, 83.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(278.1, 33.3%, 100%)

CMYK12.2%, 33.3%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,723,839

CSS custom property--colour: #E0AAFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51817WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness198.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.36:1

Contrast with white1.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC

Inverted#1F5500

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9CBCFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#A8C0FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.2 from the original

Tritanopia#DDB5C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.85:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 13.3 Violet · ΔE 23 Orchid · ΔE 25.1 Medium purple · ΔE 27.2 Cornflower blue · ΔE 33.1 Thistle · ΔE 33.4

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 13.34, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C9FFAA

Analogous#B5AAFF, #FFAAF4

Triadic#FFE0AA, #AAFFE0

Split complementary#F4FFAA, #AAFFB5

Tetradic#FFB5AA, #C9FFAA, #AAF4FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F3DDFF

Darker −10%#CD77FF

Darker −20%#BB44FF

Darker −30%#A811FF

Darker −40%#8C00DD

More saturated +25%#E0AAFF

Less saturated −25%#DDB5F4

Channel breakdown

R224

G170

B255

Red224 (87.8%)

Green170 (66.7%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue278.12°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness83.33%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E0 · G AA · B FF

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Colour values

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