Recognised as Colour

#E1B1FD

#E1B1FD
Violet
Light
Nearest: Plum

#E1B1FD is a violet with RGB values 225, 177, 253 and HSL 278°, 95%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#E1B1FD#E1B1FD

HEX#E1B1FD

RGBrgb(225, 177, 253)

RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.6941, 0.9922

RGB percentages88.2%, 69.4%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(277.9, 95%, 84.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(277.9, 30%, 99.2%)

CMYK11.1%, 30%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,791,165

CSS custom property--colour: #E1B1FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54544WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness202 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.91:1

Contrast with white1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1

Inverted#1E4E02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A5C0FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#AFC4FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.7 from the original

Tritanopia#DFBBCCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.76:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 10.7 Violet · ΔE 27.7 Thistle · ΔE 28.1 Orchid · ΔE 29.4 Medium purple · ΔE 31.1 Cornflower blue · ΔE 32.9

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 10.66, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#CDFDB1

Analogous#BBB1FD, #FDB1F3

Triadic#FDE1B1, #B1FDE1

Split complementary#F3FDB1, #B1FDBB

Tetradic#FDBBB1, #CDFDB1, #B1F3FD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F4E3FE

Darker −10%#CE7FFC

Darker −20%#BB4EFA

Darker −30%#A81CF9

Darker −40%#8D06DC

More saturated +25%#E2AFFF

Less saturated −25%#DEBBF3

Channel breakdown

R225

G177

B253

Red225 (88.2%)

Green177 (69.4%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue277.89°

Saturation (HSL)95%

Lightness84.31%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E1 · G B1 · B FD

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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