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Recognised as Colour

#E3CDFC

  • #E3CDFC
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#E3CDFC is a violet with RGB values 227, 205, 252 and HSL 268°, 89%, 90%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#E3CDFC#E3CDFC
HEX#E3CDFC
RGBrgb(227, 205, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.8039, 0.9882
RGB percentages89%, 80.4%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(268.1, 88.7%, 89.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(268.1, 18.7%, 98.8%)
CMYK9.9%, 18.7%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,929,404
CSS custom property--colour: #E3CDFC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67022WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.4:1
Contrast with white1.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5
Inverted#1C3203

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C5D5FEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#C9D6FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.4 from the original
Tritanopia#E0D3DDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.46:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 12.6Lavender · ΔE 17.6Light steelblue · ΔE 19.6Plum · ΔE 20.4Lavender blush · ΔE 24.6Pink · ΔE 24.9
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 12.62, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E6FCCD
Analogous#CDCFFC, #FACDFC
Triadic#FCE3CD, #CDFCE3
Split complementary#FCFBCD, #CFFCCD
Tetradic#FCCDCF, #E6FCCD, #CDFCFA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FEFDFF
Darker −10%#C89DF9
Darker −20%#AD6DF6
Darker −30%#923DF3
Darker −40%#770EEF
More saturated +25%#E3CAFF
Less saturated −25%#E3D4F5

Channel breakdown

R227
G205
B252
Red227 (89%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue268.09°
Saturation (HSL)88.68%
Lightness89.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E3 · G CD · B FC

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