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Recognised as Colour

#E3BAFF

  • #E3BAFF
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Plum

#E3BAFF is a violet with RGB values 227, 186, 255 and HSL 276°, 100%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#E3BAFF#E3BAFF
HEX#E3BAFF
RGBrgb(227, 186, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.7294, 1
RGB percentages89%, 72.9%, 100%
HSLhsl(275.7, 100%, 86.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275.7, 27.1%, 100%)
CMYK11%, 27.1%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,924,543
CSS custom property--colour: #E3BAFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58669WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness207.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.73:1
Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8
Inverted#1C4500

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AFC7FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#B8CAFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.1 from the original
Tritanopia#E0C3D2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.65:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 11.5Thistle · ΔE 23.7Light steelblue · ΔE 31.4Lavender · ΔE 31.8Pink · ΔE 32.1Violet · ΔE 32.5
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 11.51, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D6FFBA
Analogous#C1BAFF, #FFBAF9
Triadic#FFE3BA, #BAFFE3
Split complementary#F8FFBA, #BAFFC1
Tetradic#FFC1BA, #D6FFBA, #BAF8FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F8EDFF
Darker −10%#CE87FF
Darker −20%#BA54FF
Darker −30%#A521FF
Darker −40%#8D00ED
More saturated +25%#E3BAFF
Less saturated −25%#E1C3F6

Channel breakdown

R227
G186
B255
Red227 (89%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue275.65°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness86.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E3 · G BA · B FF

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