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Recognised as Colour

#E5CEEF

  • #E5CEEF
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#E5CEEF is a violet with RGB values 229, 206, 239 and HSL 282°, 51%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#E5CEEF#E5CEEF
HEX#E5CEEF
RGBrgb(229, 206, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.8078, 0.9373
RGB percentages89.8%, 80.8%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(281.8, 50.8%, 87.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(281.8, 13.8%, 93.7%)
CMYK4.2%, 13.8%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,060,719
CSS custom property--colour: #E5CEEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67033WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.41:1
Contrast with white1.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5
Inverted#1A3110

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CAD4F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#CFD6EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.6 from the original
Tritanopia#E5D1D9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.46:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 6.8Lavender · ΔE 12.5Light steelblue · ΔE 16.8Lavender blush · ΔE 18.3Light grey · ΔE 19.2Gainsboro · ΔE 19.3
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 6.82, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D8EFCE
Analogous#D4CEEF, #EFCEE9
Triadic#EFE5CE, #CEEFE5
Split complementary#E9EFCE, #CEEFD5
Tetradic#EFD5CE, #D8EFCE, #CEE9EF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F9F4FC
Darker −10%#D1A8E2
Darker −20%#BC81D6
Darker −30%#A85BC9
Darker −40%#913BB6
More saturated +25%#E8C6F7
Less saturated −25%#E2D6E7

Channel breakdown

R229
G206
B239
Red229 (89.8%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue281.82°
Saturation (HSL)50.77%
Lightness87.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E5 · G CE · B EF

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