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Colour

#E5DCE8

  • #E5DCE8
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#E5DCE8 is a violet with RGB values 229, 220, 232 and HSL 285°, 21%, 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

#E5DCE8#E5DCE8
HEX#E5DCE8
RGBrgb(229, 220, 232)
RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.8627, 0.9098
RGB percentages89.8%, 86.3%, 91%
HSLhsl(285, 20.7%, 88.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285, 5.2%, 91%)
CMYK1.3%, 5.2%, 0%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,064,296
CSS custom property--colour: #E5DCE8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73671WCAG 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 15.73:1
Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF
Inverted#1A2317

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DBDEE9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#DDDFE8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original
Tritanopia#E5DDE0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 6Gainsboro · ΔE 7.1Light grey · ΔE 8.2Lavender blush · ΔE 8.4Ghost white · ΔE 9.9White smoke · ΔE 10.5
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 5.97, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DFE8DC
Analogous#DFDCE8, #E8DCE5
Triadic#E8E5DC, #DCE8E5
Split complementary#E5E8DC, #DCE8DF
Tetradic#E8DFDC, #DFE8DC, #DCE5E8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FCFBFC
Darker −10%#CEBDD4
Darker −20%#B79EC0
Darker −30%#A080AB
Darker −40%#896296
More saturated +25%#E9D5EF
Less saturated −25%#E2E2E2

Channel breakdown

R229
G220
B232
Red229 (89.8%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue232 (91%)
Hue285°
Saturation (HSL)20.69%
Lightness88.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E5 · G DC · B E8

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