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Recognised as Colour

#E1C5E9

  • #E1C5E9
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#E1C5E9 is a violet with RGB values 225, 197, 233 and HSL 287°, 45%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#E1C5E9#E1C5E9
HEX#E1C5E9
RGBrgb(225, 197, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.7725, 0.9137
RGB percentages88.2%, 77.3%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(286.7, 45%, 84.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(286.7, 15.5%, 91.4%)
CMYK3.4%, 15.5%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,796,265
CSS custom property--colour: #E1C5E9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61823WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness210 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.36:1
Contrast with white1.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CECECE
Inverted#1E3A16

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C1CCEBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#C7CFE8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14 from the original
Tritanopia#E2C9D1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.57:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 6.4Lavender · ΔE 16Light steelblue · ΔE 18Pink · ΔE 19.2Plum · ΔE 20.4Lavender blush · ΔE 21.6
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 6.39, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CDE9C5
Analogous#CFC5E9, #E9C5DF
Triadic#E9E1C5, #C5E9E1
Split complementary#DFE9C5, #C5E9CF
Tetradic#E9CFC5, #CDE9C5, #C5DFE9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F4EAF7
Darker −10%#CEA0DB
Darker −20%#BB7BCD
Darker −30%#A856BF
Darker −40%#8D3EA4
More saturated +25%#E7BBF3
Less saturated −25%#DBCFDF

Channel breakdown

R225
G197
B233
Red225 (88.2%)
Green197 (77.3%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue286.67°
Saturation (HSL)45%
Lightness84.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E1 · G C5 · B E9

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