Recognised as Colour
#E0ACEE
- #E0ACEE
- Violet
- Light
- Nearest: Plum
#E0ACEE is a violet with RGB values 224, 172, 238 and HSL 287°, 66%, 80%. 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
#E0ACEE#E0ACEE
HEX#E0ACEE
RGBrgb(224, 172, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.8784, 0.6745, 0.9333
RGB percentages87.8%, 67.5%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(287.3, 66%, 80.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(287.3, 27.7%, 93.3%)
CMYK5.9%, 27.7%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,724,334
CSS custom property--colour: #E0ACEE;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.51525WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness197 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.31:1
Contrast with white1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC
Inverted#1F5311
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.31:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#BAEEAC
Analogous#BFACEE, #EEACDB
Triadic#EEE0AC, #ACEEE0
Split complementary#DBEEAC, #ACEEBF
Tetradic#EEBFAC, #BAEEAC, #ACDBEE
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R224
G172
B238
Red224 (87.8%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue287.27°
Saturation (HSL)66%
Lightness80.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E0 · G AC · B EE
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