Recognised as Colour
#E1BDEE
- #E1BDEE
- Violet
- Light
- Nearest: Thistle
#E1BDEE is a violet with RGB values 225, 189, 238 and HSL 284°, 59%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.
Colour values
#E1BDEE#E1BDEE
HEX#E1BDEE
RGBrgb(225, 189, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.7412, 0.9333
RGB percentages88.2%, 74.1%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(284.1, 59%, 83.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(284.1, 20.6%, 93.3%)
CMYK5.5%, 20.6%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,794,222
CSS custom property--colour: #E1BDEE;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.58576WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness206.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.72:1
Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8
Inverted#1E4211
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.65:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.72:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#CAEEBD
Analogous#C9BDEE, #EEBDE3
Triadic#EEE1BD, #BDEEE1
Split complementary#E3EEBD, #BDEEC9
Tetradic#EEC9BD, #CAEEBD, #BDE3EE
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R225
G189
B238
Red225 (88.2%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue284.08°
Saturation (HSL)59.04%
Lightness83.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E1 · G BD · B EE
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