Colour

#E3DCED

#E3DCED
Violet
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#E3DCED is a violet with RGB values 227, 220, 237 and HSL 265°, 32%, 90%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#E3DCED#E3DCED

HEX#E3DCED

RGBrgb(227, 220, 237)

RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.8627, 0.9294

RGB percentages89%, 86.3%, 92.9%

HSLhsl(264.7, 32.1%, 89.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(264.7, 7.2%, 92.9%)

CMYK4.2%, 7.2%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,933,229

CSS custom property--colour: #E3DCED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73632WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness224.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.73:1

Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF

Inverted#1C2312

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D9DFEEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#DBDFECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original

Tritanopia#E2DEE1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 4.2 Gainsboro · ΔE 9.3 Lavender blush · ΔE 10 Light grey · ΔE 10.1 Ghost white · ΔE 10.8 Alice blue · ΔE 11.3

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 4.18, a close match

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E6EDDC

Analogous#DCDEED, #EBDCED

Triadic#EDE3DC, #DCEDE3

Split complementary#EDEBDC, #DEEDDC

Tetradic#EDDCDE, #E6EDDC, #DCEDEB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FEFEFE

Darker −10%#C8BADC

Darker −20%#AD99CA

Darker −30%#9277B9

Darker −40%#7756A7

More saturated +25%#E2D5F4

Less saturated −25%#E4E3E6

Channel breakdown

R227

G220

B237

Red227 (89%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue237 (92.9%)

Hue264.71°

Saturation (HSL)32.08%

Lightness89.61%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E3 · G DC · B ED

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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