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Recognised as Colour

#E0CEEB

  • #E0CEEB
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#E0CEEB is a violet with RGB values 224, 206, 235 and HSL 277°, 42%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#E0CEEB#E0CEEB
HEX#E0CEEB
RGBrgb(224, 206, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.8784, 0.8078, 0.9216
RGB percentages87.8%, 80.8%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(277.2, 42%, 86.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(277.2, 12.3%, 92.2%)
CMYK4.7%, 12.3%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,733,035
CSS custom property--colour: #E0CEEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65988WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness215 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.2:1
Contrast with white1.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4
Inverted#1F3114

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CAD3ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#CED5EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.8 from the original
Tritanopia#DFD1D7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.48:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 5.9Lavender · ΔE 10.6Light steelblue · ΔE 14.7Light grey · ΔE 16.6Gainsboro · ΔE 16.8Lavender blush · ΔE 16.8
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 5.91, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D9EBCE
Analogous#D2CEEB, #EBCEE7
Triadic#EBE0CE, #CEEBE0
Split complementary#E8EBCE, #CEEBD2
Tetradic#EBD2CE, #D9EBCE, #CEE7EB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F7F2FA
Darker −10%#C9AADC
Darker −20%#B286CD
Darker −30%#9B61BF
Darker −40%#8345A8
More saturated +25%#E2C5F4
Less saturated −25%#DED7E2

Channel breakdown

R224
G206
B235
Red224 (87.8%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue277.24°
Saturation (HSL)42.03%
Lightness86.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E0 · G CE · B EB

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