Recognised as Colour

#E5AAFF

#E5AAFF
Violet
Light
Nearest: Plum

#E5AAFF is a violet with RGB values 229, 170, 255 and HSL 282°, 100%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#E5AAFF#E5AAFF

HEX#E5AAFF

RGBrgb(229, 170, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.6667, 1

RGB percentages89.8%, 66.7%, 100%

HSLhsl(281.6, 100%, 83.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(281.6, 33.3%, 100%)

CMYK10.2%, 33.3%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,051,519

CSS custom property--colour: #E5AAFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52627WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness200.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.53:1

Contrast with white1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD

Inverted#1A5500

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9DBCFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#ABC2FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31 from the original

Tritanopia#E4B5C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.82:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 13.1 Violet · ΔE 21.9 Orchid · ΔE 24.2 Medium purple · ΔE 27.9 Thistle · ΔE 33.7 Cornflower blue · ΔE 34.8

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 13.09, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C4FFAA

Analogous#BBAAFF, #FFAAEE

Triadic#FFE5AA, #AAFFE5

Split complementary#EEFFAA, #AAFFBB

Tetradic#FFBBAA, #C4FFAA, #AAEEFF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F5DDFF

Darker −10%#D577FF

Darker −20%#C644FF

Darker −30%#B611FF

Darker −40%#9900DD

More saturated +25%#E5AAFF

Less saturated −25%#E1B5F4

Channel breakdown

R229

G170

B255

Red229 (89.8%)

Green170 (66.7%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue281.65°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness83.33%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E5 · G AA · B FF

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Colour values

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