Recognised as Colour

#E4ACFF

#E4ACFF
Violet
Light
Nearest: Plum

#E4ACFF is a violet with RGB values 228, 172, 255 and HSL 280°, 100%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#E4ACFF#E4ACFF

HEX#E4ACFF

RGBrgb(228, 172, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.8941, 0.6745, 1

RGB percentages89.4%, 67.5%, 100%

HSLhsl(280.5, 100%, 83.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(280.5, 32.5%, 100%)

CMYK10.6%, 32.5%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,986,495

CSS custom property--colour: #E4ACFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53219WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness200.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.64:1

Contrast with white1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE

Inverted#1B5300

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9FBEFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#ACC2FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.3 from the original

Tritanopia#E2B7CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 12.4 Violet · ΔE 23.3 Orchid · ΔE 25.5 Medium purple · ΔE 28.6 Thistle · ΔE 32.4 Cornflower blue · ΔE 34.2

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 12.41, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C7FFAC

Analogous#BBACFF, #FFACF1

Triadic#FFE4AC, #ACFFE4

Split complementary#F0FFAC, #ACFFBB

Tetradic#FFBBAC, #C7FFAC, #ACF1FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F5DFFF

Darker −10%#D379FF

Darker −20%#C346FF

Darker −30%#B213FF

Darker −40%#9600DF

More saturated +25%#E4ACFF

Less saturated −25%#E0B6F5

Channel breakdown

R228

G172

B255

Red228 (89.4%)

Green172 (67.5%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue280.48°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness83.73%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E4 · G AC · B FF

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Colour values

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Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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