Recognised as Colour

#E5DBED

#E5DBED
Violet
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#E5DBED is a violet with RGB values 229, 219, 237 and HSL 273°, 33%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#E5DBED#E5DBED

HEX#E5DBED

RGBrgb(229, 219, 237)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.8588, 0.9294

RGB percentages89.8%, 85.9%, 92.9%

HSLhsl(273.3, 33.3%, 89.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(273.3, 7.6%, 92.9%)

CMYK3.4%, 7.6%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,064,045

CSS custom property--colour: #E5DBED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73435WCAG 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 15.69:1

Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE

Inverted#1A2412

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D9DEEEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#DADFECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original

Tritanopia#E4DDE1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 4.8 Gainsboro · ΔE 10.1 Lavender blush · ΔE 10.2 Light grey · ΔE 10.9 Thistle · ΔE 10.9 Ghost white · ΔE 11.4

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 4.81, a close match

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E3EDDB

Analogous#DCDBED, #EDDBEC

Triadic#EDE5DB, #DBEDE5

Split complementary#ECEDDB, #DBEDDC

Tetradic#EDDCDB, #E3EDDB, #DBECED

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FEFDFE

Darker −10%#CCB9DC

Darker −20%#B497CB

Darker −30%#9B75BA

Darker −40%#8354A8

More saturated +25%#E6D4F4

Less saturated −25%#E4E2E6

Channel breakdown

R229

G219

B237

Red229 (89.8%)

Green219 (85.9%)

Blue237 (92.9%)

Hue273.33°

Saturation (HSL)33.33%

Lightness89.41%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E5 · G DB · B ED

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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