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Recognised as Colour

#E3D8E7

  • #E3D8E7
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#E3D8E7 is a violet with RGB values 227, 216, 231 and HSL 284°, 24%, 88%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#E3D8E7#E3D8E7
HEX#E3D8E7
RGBrgb(227, 216, 231)
RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.8471, 0.9059
RGB percentages89%, 84.7%, 90.6%
HSLhsl(284, 23.8%, 87.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(284, 6.5%, 90.6%)
CMYK1.7%, 6.5%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,932,199
CSS custom property--colour: #E3D8E7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71212WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness221.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.24:1
Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB
Inverted#1C2718

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D7DBE8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#D9DCE6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original
Tritanopia#E3D9DDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 6.2Gainsboro · ΔE 8.8Light grey · ΔE 9.3Lavender blush · ΔE 10.1Thistle · ΔE 10.6Ghost white · ΔE 11.7
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 6.24, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DCE7D8
Analogous#DCD8E7, #E7D8E3
Triadic#E7E3D8, #D8E7E3
Split complementary#E4E7D8, #D8E7DB
Tetradic#E7DBD8, #DCE7D8, #D8E3E7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FAF8FA
Darker −10%#CCB8D4
Darker −20%#B699C0
Darker −30%#9F79AD
Darker −40%#875D96
More saturated +25%#E7D0EF
Less saturated −25%#E0E0E0

Channel breakdown

R227
G216
B231
Red227 (89%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue231 (90.6%)
Hue284°
Saturation (HSL)23.81%
Lightness87.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E3 · G D8 · B E7

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