Colour

#E3CCED

#E3CCED
Violet
Light
Nearest: Thistle

#E3CCED is a violet with RGB values 227, 204, 237 and HSL 282°, 48%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#E3CCED#E3CCED

HEX#E3CCED

RGBrgb(227, 204, 237)

RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.8, 0.9294

RGB percentages89%, 80%, 92.9%

HSLhsl(281.8, 47.8%, 86.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(281.8, 13.9%, 92.9%)

CMYK4.2%, 13.9%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,929,133

CSS custom property--colour: #E3CCED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65631WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness215 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.13:1

Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3

Inverted#1C3312

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C8D2EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#CDD4ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.6 from the original

Tritanopia#E3CFD7no 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 text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 6.3 Lavender · ΔE 12.9 Light steelblue · ΔE 16.6 Lavender blush · ΔE 18.8 Light grey · ΔE 19.2 Gainsboro · ΔE 19.5

Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 6.28, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D6EDCC

Analogous#D3CCED, #EDCCE7

Triadic#EDE3CC, #CCEDE3

Split complementary#E7EDCC, #CCEDD3

Tetradic#EDD3CC, #D6EDCC, #CCE7ED

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F8F2FA

Darker −10%#CEA6E0

Darker −20%#BA81D2

Darker −30%#A55BC5

Darker −40%#8D3EAF

More saturated +25%#E6C3F6

Less saturated −25%#E0D5E4

Channel breakdown

R227

G204

B237

Red227 (89%)

Green204 (80%)

Blue237 (92.9%)

Hue281.82°

Saturation (HSL)47.83%

Lightness86.47%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E3 · G CC · B ED

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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