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Colour

#E3BFFF

  • #E3BFFF
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Plum

#E3BFFF is a violet with RGB values 227, 191, 255 and HSL 274°, 100%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#E3BFFF#E3BFFF
HEX#E3BFFF
RGBrgb(227, 191, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.749, 1
RGB percentages89%, 74.9%, 100%
HSLhsl(273.8, 100%, 87.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.8, 25.1%, 100%)
CMYK11%, 25.1%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,925,823
CSS custom property--colour: #E3BFFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60812WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness210.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.16:1
Contrast with white1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB
Inverted#1C4000

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5CBFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCCDFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.9 from the original
Tritanopia#E0C7D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.6:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 13Thistle · ΔE 20.8Light steelblue · ΔE 28.4Lavender · ΔE 28.4Pink · ΔE 30.1Light pink · ΔE 32
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 12.98, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DBFFBF
Analogous#C3BFFF, #FFBFFB
Triadic#FFE3BF, #BFFFE3
Split complementary#FBFFBF, #BFFFC3
Tetradic#FFC3BF, #DBFFBF, #BFFBFF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F9F2FF
Darker −10%#CD8CFF
Darker −20%#B659FF
Darker −30%#A026FF
Darker −40%#8800F2
More saturated +25%#E3BFFF
Less saturated −25%#E2C7F7

Channel breakdown

R227
G191
B255
Red227 (89%)
Green191 (74.9%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue273.75°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness87.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E3 · G BF · B FF

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