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Recognised as Colour

#E2CAEB

  • #E2CAEB
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#E2CAEB is a violet with RGB values 226, 202, 235 and HSL 284°, 45%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#E2CAEB#E2CAEB
HEX#E2CAEB
RGBrgb(226, 202, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.7922, 0.9216
RGB percentages88.6%, 79.2%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(283.6, 45.2%, 85.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(283.6, 14%, 92.2%)
CMYK3.8%, 14%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,863,083
CSS custom property--colour: #E2CAEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64408WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness213.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.88:1
Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1
Inverted#1D3514

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C6D0ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#CBD3EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.5 from the original
Tritanopia#E2CDD5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 5.8Lavender · ΔE 13.5Light steelblue · ΔE 16.7Lavender blush · ΔE 19.2Pink · ΔE 19.3Light grey · ΔE 19.4
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 5.79, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D3EBCA
Analogous#D2CAEB, #EBCAE3
Triadic#EBE2CA, #CAEBE2
Split complementary#E3EBCA, #CAEBD2
Tetradic#EBD2CA, #D3EBCA, #CAE3EB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F6EFF9
Darker −10%#CEA5DD
Darker −20%#B980CF
Darker −30%#A55BC1
Darker −40%#8C40A9
More saturated +25%#E6C1F4
Less saturated −25%#DED3E2

Channel breakdown

R226
G202
B235
Red226 (88.6%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue283.64°
Saturation (HSL)45.21%
Lightness85.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E2 · G CA · B EB

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