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Recognised as Colour

#E1CBEC

  • #E1CBEC
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#E1CBEC is a violet with RGB values 225, 203, 236 and HSL 280°, 46%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#E1CBEC#E1CBEC
HEX#E1CBEC
RGBrgb(225, 203, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.7961, 0.9255
RGB percentages88.2%, 79.6%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(280, 46.5%, 86.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280, 14%, 92.5%)
CMYK4.7%, 14%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,797,804
CSS custom property--colour: #E1CBEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64776WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness213.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.96:1
Contrast with white1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2
Inverted#1E3413

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C7D1EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#CBD3EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.6 from the original
Tritanopia#E1CFD6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.5:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 6Lavender · ΔE 12.9Light steelblue · ΔE 16.1Lavender blush · ΔE 19Light grey · ΔE 19.1Gainsboro · ΔE 19.4
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 6.03, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D6ECCB
Analogous#D1CBEC, #ECCBE7
Triadic#ECE1CB, #CBECE1
Split complementary#E7ECCB, #CBECD1
Tetradic#ECD1CB, #D6ECCB, #CBE7EC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F7F0FA
Darker −10%#CBA6DE
Darker −20%#B680D1
Darker −30%#A05BC3
Darker −40%#883FAC
More saturated +25%#E4C2F5
Less saturated −25%#DED4E3

Channel breakdown

R225
G203
B236
Red225 (88.2%)
Green203 (79.6%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue280°
Saturation (HSL)46.48%
Lightness86.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E1 · G CB · B EC

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