Recognised as Colour

#E1B5E7

#E1B5E7
Magenta
Light
Nearest: Plum

#E1B5E7 is a magenta with RGB values 225, 181, 231 and HSL 293°, 51%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

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HEX#E1B5E7

RGBrgb(225, 181, 231)

RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.7098, 0.9059

RGB percentages88.2%, 71%, 90.6%

HSLhsl(292.8, 51%, 80.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(292.8, 21.6%, 90.6%)

CMYK2.6%, 21.6%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,792,167

CSS custom property--colour: #E1B5E7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54825WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness201.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.96:1

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

Contrast with black11.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2

Inverted#1E4A18

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B1C0E9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21 from the original

Deuteranopia#BAC5E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.7 from the original

Tritanopia#E3BAC6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20 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 text11.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 10.3 Thistle · ΔE 14.8 Pink · ΔE 22.7 Light pink · ΔE 24.3 Light steelblue · ΔE 26 Lavender · ΔE 26.1

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 10.32, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BBE7B5

Analogous#C8B5E7, #E7B5D4

Triadic#E7E1B5, #B5E7E1

Split complementary#D4E7B5, #B5E7C8

Tetradic#E7C8B5, #BBE7B5, #B5D4E7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F1DCF3

Darker −10%#D18EDB

Darker −20%#C268CE

Darker −30%#B241C2

Darker −40%#90339D

More saturated +25%#EAA9F3

Less saturated −25%#D8C1DB

Channel breakdown

R225

G181

B231

Red225 (88.2%)

Green181 (71%)

Blue231 (90.6%)

Hue292.8°

Saturation (HSL)51.02%

Lightness80.78%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E1 · G B5 · B E7

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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