Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#E3CDEB

  • #E3CDEB
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#E3CDEB is a violet with RGB values 227, 205, 235 and HSL 284°, 43%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#E3CDEB#E3CDEB
HEX#E3CDEB
RGBrgb(227, 205, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.8039, 0.9216
RGB percentages89%, 80.4%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(284, 42.9%, 86.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(284, 12.8%, 92.2%)
CMYK3.4%, 12.8%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,929,387
CSS custom property--colour: #E3CDEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65992WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness215.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.2:1
Contrast with white1.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4
Inverted#1C3214

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CAD3ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#CED5EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.3 from the original
Tritanopia#E3D0D7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.48:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 5.6Lavender · ΔE 11.7Light steelblue · ΔE 16Lavender blush · ΔE 17.4Light grey · ΔE 17.7Gainsboro · ΔE 17.9
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 5.63, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D5EBCD
Analogous#D4CDEB, #EBCDE4
Triadic#EBE3CD, #CDEBE3
Split complementary#E4EBCD, #CDEBD4
Tetradic#EBD4CD, #D5EBCD, #CDE4EB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F7F1FA
Darker −10%#CFA9DC
Darker −20%#BA84CE
Darker −30%#A660BF
Darker −40%#8E43A9
More saturated +25%#E7C4F4
Less saturated −25%#DFD6E2

Channel breakdown

R227
G205
B235
Red227 (89%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue284°
Saturation (HSL)42.86%
Lightness86.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E3 · G CD · B EB

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “e3cdeb” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.