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Recognised as Colour

#E3D6FF

  • #E3D6FF
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#E3D6FF is a violet with RGB values 227, 214, 255 and HSL 259°, 100%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#E3D6FF#E3D6FF
HEX#E3D6FF
RGBrgb(227, 214, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.8392, 1
RGB percentages89%, 83.9%, 100%
HSLhsl(259, 100%, 92%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259, 16.1%, 100%)
CMYK11%, 16.1%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,931,711
CSS custom property--colour: #E3D6FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71644WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness222.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.33:1
Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC
Inverted#1C2900

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CEDCFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#D0DCFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Tritanopia#DEDCE4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 12Lavender · ΔE 12.7Light steelblue · ΔE 16.6Lavender blush · ΔE 20.5Ghost white · ΔE 21Alice blue · ΔE 21.6
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 11.99, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F2FFD6
Analogous#D6DEFF, #F7D6FF
Triadic#FFE3D6, #D6FFE3
Split complementary#FFF8D6, #DEFFD6
Tetradic#FFD6DE, #F2FFD6, #D6FFF8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FFFFFF
Darker −10%#C0A3FF
Darker −20%#9D70FF
Darker −30%#7B3DFF
Darker −40%#580AFF
More saturated +25%#E3D6FF
Less saturated −25%#E5DBFA

Channel breakdown

R227
G214
B255
Red227 (89%)
Green214 (83.9%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue259.02°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness91.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E3 · G D6 · B FF

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