Recognised as Colour

#E5BEED

#E5BEED
Violet
Light
Nearest: Thistle

#E5BEED is a violet with RGB values 229, 190, 237 and HSL 290°, 57%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#E5BEED#E5BEED

HEX#E5BEED

RGBrgb(229, 190, 237)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.7451, 0.9294

RGB percentages89.8%, 74.5%, 92.9%

HSLhsl(289.8, 56.6%, 83.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(289.8, 19.8%, 92.9%)

CMYK3.4%, 19.8%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,056,621

CSS custom property--colour: #E5BEED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59599WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness208 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.92:1

Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CACACA

Inverted#1A4112

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B9C8EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#C2CCEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.2 from the original

Tritanopia#E6C3CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 12.6 Plum · ΔE 13.9 Pink · ΔE 21.6 Lavender · ΔE 22.6 Light steelblue · ΔE 23.7 Light pink · ΔE 23.9

Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 12.57, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C6EDBE

Analogous#CEBEED, #EDBEDE

Triadic#EDE5BE, #BEEDE5

Split complementary#DEEDBE, #BEEDCE

Tetradic#EDCEBE, #C6EDBE, #BEDEED

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F5E6F8

Darker −10%#D596E2

Darker −20%#C56ED7

Darker −30%#B546CC

Darker −40%#9930AF

More saturated +25%#ECB4F7

Less saturated −25%#DEC8E3

Channel breakdown

R229

G190

B237

Red229 (89.8%)

Green190 (74.5%)

Blue237 (92.9%)

Hue289.79°

Saturation (HSL)56.63%

Lightness83.73%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E5 · G BE · B ED

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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