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Recognised as Colour

#E2D8FB

  • #E2D8FB
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#E2D8FB is a violet with RGB values 226, 216, 251 and HSL 257°, 81%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#E2D8FB#E2D8FB
HEX#E2D8FB
RGBrgb(226, 216, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.8471, 0.9843
RGB percentages88.6%, 84.7%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(257.1, 81.4%, 91.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(257.1, 13.9%, 98.4%)
CMYK10%, 13.9%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,866,683
CSS custom property--colour: #E2D8FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72246WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness223.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.45:1
Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD
Inverted#1D2704

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D1DDFDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#D3DDFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Tritanopia#DEDDE3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 9.5Thistle · ΔE 10.9Light steelblue · ΔE 14.8Lavender blush · ΔE 17.6Ghost white · ΔE 18Alice blue · ΔE 18.5
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 9.51, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F1FBD8
Analogous#D8E0FB, #F3D8FB
Triadic#FBE2D8, #D8FBE2
Split complementary#FBF3D8, #E0FBD8
Tetradic#FBD8E0, #F1FBD8, #D8FBF3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FFFFFF
Darker −10%#C0AAF6
Darker −20%#9D7BF2
Darker −30%#7B4DED
Darker −40%#581FE8
More saturated +25%#E0D4FF
Less saturated −25%#E4DDF6

Channel breakdown

R226
G216
B251
Red226 (88.6%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue257.14°
Saturation (HSL)81.4%
Lightness91.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E2 · G D8 · B FB

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