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Recognised as Colour

#E3DCFC

  • #E3DCFC
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#E3DCFC is a blue with RGB values 227, 220, 252 and HSL 253°, 84%, 93%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#E3DCFC#E3DCFC
HEX#E3DCFC
RGBrgb(227, 220, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.8627, 0.9882
RGB percentages89%, 86.3%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(253.1, 84.2%, 92.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(253.1, 12.7%, 98.8%)
CMYK9.9%, 12.7%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,933,244
CSS custom property--colour: #E3DCFC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74546WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness226 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.91:1
Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0
Inverted#1C2303

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D6E0FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original
Deuteranopia#D7E0FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Tritanopia#DFE1E6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 7.3Thistle · ΔE 11.7Light steelblue · ΔE 14.4Lavender blush · ΔE 15.9Ghost white · ΔE 15.9Alice blue · ΔE 16.3
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 7.33, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F5FCDC
Analogous#DCE5FC, #F3DCFC
Triadic#FCE3DC, #DCFCE3
Split complementary#FCF3DC, #E5FCDC
Tetradic#FCDCE5, #F5FCDC, #DCFCF3

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%#BDADF8
Darker −20%#987EF4
Darker −30%#724FF0
Darker −40%#4D20EC
More saturated +25%#E1D9FF
Less saturated −25%#E6E1F7

Channel breakdown

R227
G220
B252
Red227 (89%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue253.12°
Saturation (HSL)84.21%
Lightness92.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E3 · G DC · B FC

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