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Recognised as Colour

#E2C8EE

  • #E2C8EE
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#E2C8EE is a violet with RGB values 226, 200, 238 and HSL 281°, 53%, 86%. 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

#E2C8EE#E2C8EE
HEX#E2C8EE
RGBrgb(226, 200, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.7843, 0.9333
RGB percentages88.6%, 78.4%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(281.1, 52.8%, 85.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(281.1, 16%, 93.3%)
CMYK5%, 16%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,862,574
CSS custom property--colour: #E2C8EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6365WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness212.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.73:1
Contrast with white1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0
Inverted#1D3711

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C3CFF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#C9D2EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.6 from the original
Tritanopia#E2CCD5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.3 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 text13.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 7.7Lavender · ΔE 15.7Light steelblue · ΔE 18Pink · ΔE 20.5Plum · ΔE 20.7Lavender blush · ΔE 21.7
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 7.66, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D4EEC8
Analogous#CFC8EE, #EEC8E7
Triadic#EEE2C8, #C8EEE2
Split complementary#E7EEC8, #C8EECF
Tetradic#EECFC8, #D4EEC8, #C8E7EE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F7EFFA
Darker −10%#CDA1E2
Darker −20%#B97AD6
Darker −30%#A453CA
Darker −40%#8C37B3
More saturated +25%#E5BFF7
Less saturated −25%#DFD1E5

Channel breakdown

R226
G200
B238
Red226 (88.6%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue281.05°
Saturation (HSL)52.78%
Lightness85.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E2 · G C8 · B EE

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