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Recognised as Colour

#E1C9E7

  • #E1C9E7
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#E1C9E7 is a violet with RGB values 225, 201, 231 and HSL 288°, 38%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#E1C9E7#E1C9E7
HEX#E1C9E7
RGBrgb(225, 201, 231)
RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.7882, 0.9059
RGB percentages88.2%, 78.8%, 90.6%
HSLhsl(288, 38.5%, 84.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(288, 13%, 90.6%)
CMYK2.6%, 13%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,797,287
CSS custom property--colour: #E1C9E7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6355WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness212 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.71:1
Contrast with white1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0
Inverted#1E3618

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C6CFE8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#CBD2E6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.2 from the original
Tritanopia#E2CCD3no 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 text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 4.5Lavender · ΔE 13Light steelblue · ΔE 16.3Light grey · ΔE 18.1Pink · ΔE 18.3Lavender blush · ΔE 18.4
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 4.46, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CFE7C9
Analogous#D2C9E7, #E7C9DE
Triadic#E7E1C9, #C9E7E1
Split complementary#DEE7C9, #C9E7D2
Tetradic#E7D2C9, #CFE7C9, #C9DEE7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F5ECF7
Darker −10%#CDA6D7
Darker −20%#BA82C8
Darker −30%#A65FB8
Darker −40%#8C469E
More saturated +25%#E7BFF1
Less saturated −25%#DBD3DD

Channel breakdown

R225
G201
B231
Red225 (88.2%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue231 (90.6%)
Hue288°
Saturation (HSL)38.46%
Lightness84.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E1 · G C9 · B E7

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