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Colour

#E5D7FF

  • #E5D7FF
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#E5D7FF is a violet with RGB values 229, 215, 255 and HSL 261°, 100%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#E5D7FF#E5D7FF
HEX#E5D7FF
RGBrgb(229, 215, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.8431, 1
RGB percentages89.8%, 84.3%, 100%
HSLhsl(261, 100%, 92.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261, 15.7%, 100%)
CMYK10.2%, 15.7%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,063,039
CSS custom property--colour: #E5D7FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72479WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness224.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.5:1
Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD
Inverted#1A2800

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D0DDFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#D2DDFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Tritanopia#E1DCE4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 11.8Lavender · ΔE 12.3Light steelblue · ΔE 16.8Lavender blush · ΔE 19.9Ghost white · ΔE 20.4Alice blue · ΔE 21.1
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 11.79, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F1FFD7
Analogous#D7DDFF, #F9D7FF
Triadic#FFE5D7, #D7FFE5
Split complementary#FFF9D7, #DDFFD7
Tetradic#FFD7DD, #F1FFD7, #D7FFF9

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%#C4A4FF
Darker −20%#A371FF
Darker −30%#823EFF
Darker −40%#600BFF
More saturated +25%#E5D7FF
Less saturated −25%#E6DCFA

Channel breakdown

R229
G215
B255
Red229 (89.8%)
Green215 (84.3%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue261°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness92.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E5 · G D7 · B FF

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