Recognised as Colour

#E4AFFD

#E4AFFD
Violet
Light
Nearest: Plum

#E4AFFD is a violet with RGB values 228, 175, 253 and HSL 281°, 95%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

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HEX#E4AFFD

RGBrgb(228, 175, 253)

RGB (0–1)0.8941, 0.6863, 0.9922

RGB percentages89.4%, 68.6%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(280.8, 95.1%, 83.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(280.8, 30.8%, 99.2%)

CMYK9.9%, 30.8%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,987,261

CSS custom property--colour: #E4AFFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54246WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness202 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.85:1

Contrast with white1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0

Inverted#1B5002

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A3BFFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#AFC4FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.7 from the original

Tritanopia#E3B9CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 10.7 Violet · ΔE 25.7 Orchid · ΔE 27.6 Thistle · ΔE 29.5 Medium purple · ΔE 30.5 Cornflower blue · ΔE 34

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 10.66, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C8FDAF

Analogous#BDAFFD, #FDAFEF

Triadic#FDE4AF, #AFFDE4

Split complementary#EFFDAF, #AFFDBD

Tetradic#FDBDAF, #C8FDAF, #AFEFFD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F5E1FE

Darker −10%#D37DFC

Darker −20%#C24BFB

Darker −30%#B21AF9

Darker −40%#9605DB

More saturated +25%#E5ADFF

Less saturated −25%#E0B9F3

Channel breakdown

R228

G175

B253

Red228 (89.4%)

Green175 (68.6%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue280.77°

Saturation (HSL)95.12%

Lightness83.92%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E4 · G AF · B FD

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Colour harmonies

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