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Recognised as Colour

#E4DDFA

  • #E4DDFA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#E4DDFA is a blue with RGB values 228, 221, 250 and HSL 254°, 74%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#E4DDFA#E4DDFA
HEX#E4DDFA
RGBrgb(228, 221, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.8941, 0.8667, 0.9804
RGB percentages89.4%, 86.7%, 98%
HSLhsl(254.5, 74.4%, 92.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(254.5, 11.6%, 98%)
CMYK8.8%, 11.6%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,999,034
CSS custom property--colour: #E4DDFA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75109WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness226.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.02:1
Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1
Inverted#1B2205

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D8E1FBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#D8E0F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original
Tritanopia#E0E1E6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 5.9Thistle · ΔE 11.6Light steelblue · ΔE 14.4Lavender blush · ΔE 14.4Ghost white · ΔE 14.5Alice blue · ΔE 14.9
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 5.9, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F3FADD
Analogous#DDE5FA, #F3DDFA
Triadic#FAE4DD, #DDFAE4
Split complementary#FAF3DD, #E5FADD
Tetradic#FADDE5, #F3FADD, #DDFAF3

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%#C1B1F3
Darker −20%#9D84ED
Darker −30%#7A58E6
Darker −40%#572BE0
More saturated +25%#E1D8FF
Less saturated −25%#E7E2F5

Channel breakdown

R228
G221
B250
Red228 (89.4%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue254.48°
Saturation (HSL)74.36%
Lightness92.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E4 · G DD · B FA

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