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Recognised as Colour

#E5CFF5

  • #E5CFF5
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#E5CFF5 is a violet with RGB values 229, 207, 245 and HSL 275°, 66%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#E5CFF5#E5CFF5
HEX#E5CFF5
RGBrgb(229, 207, 245)
RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.8118, 0.9608
RGB percentages89.8%, 81.2%, 96.1%
HSLhsl(274.7, 65.5%, 88.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274.7, 15.5%, 96.1%)
CMYK6.5%, 15.5%, 0%, 3.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,060,981
CSS custom property--colour: #E5CFF5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67876WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness218.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.58:1
Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6
Inverted#1A300A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CAD6F7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12 from the original
Deuteranopia#CED7F4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.8 from the original
Tritanopia#E4D3DCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 8.9Lavender · ΔE 13.7Light steelblue · ΔE 17.5Lavender blush · ΔE 20.2Light grey · ΔE 21.5Gainsboro · ΔE 21.5
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 8.92, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DFF5CF
Analogous#D2CFF5, #F5CFF2
Triadic#F5E5CF, #CFF5E5
Split complementary#F2F5CF, #CFF5D2
Tetradic#F5D2CF, #DFF5CF, #CFF2F5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FCF9FE
Darker −10%#CEA5EC
Darker −20%#B77BE3
Darker −30%#A050DB
Darker −40%#892BCD
More saturated +25%#E6C8FC
Less saturated −25%#E4D6EE

Channel breakdown

R229
G207
B245
Red229 (89.8%)
Green207 (81.2%)
Blue245 (96.1%)
Hue274.74°
Saturation (HSL)65.52%
Lightness88.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E5 · G CF · B F5

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