Colour

#E3ABFE

#E3ABFE
Violet
Light
Nearest: Plum

#E3ABFE is a violet with RGB values 227, 171, 254 and HSL 280°, 98%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#E3ABFE#E3ABFE

HEX#E3ABFE

RGBrgb(227, 171, 254)

RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.6706, 0.9961

RGB percentages89%, 67.1%, 99.6%

HSLhsl(280.5, 97.6%, 83.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(280.5, 32.7%, 99.6%)

CMYK10.6%, 32.7%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,920,702

CSS custom property--colour: #E3ABFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52612WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness199.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.52:1

Contrast with white1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD

Inverted#1C5401

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9EBDFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#ABC1FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.3 from the original

Tritanopia#E1B6C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.82:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 12.3 Violet · ΔE 23.2 Orchid · ΔE 25.2 Medium purple · ΔE 28.3 Thistle · ΔE 32.5 Cornflower blue · ΔE 34

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 12.31, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#C6FEAB

Analogous#B9ABFE, #FEABF0

Triadic#FEE3AB, #ABFEE3

Split complementary#EFFEAB, #ABFEB9

Tetradic#FEB9AB, #C6FEAB, #ABEFFE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F4DDFF

Darker −10%#D279FD

Darker −20%#C146FD

Darker −30%#B114FC

Darker −40%#9403DA

More saturated +25%#E3AAFF

Less saturated −25%#DFB6F3

Channel breakdown

R227

G171

B254

Red227 (89%)

Green171 (67.1%)

Blue254 (99.6%)

Hue280.48°

Saturation (HSL)97.65%

Lightness83.33%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E3 · G AB · B FE

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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