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Recognised as Colour

#E5DDFC

  • #E5DDFC
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#E5DDFC is a violet with RGB values 229, 221, 252 and HSL 255°, 84%, 93%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#E5DDFC#E5DDFC
HEX#E5DDFC
RGBrgb(229, 221, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.8667, 0.9882
RGB percentages89.8%, 86.7%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(255.5, 83.8%, 92.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(255.5, 12.3%, 98.8%)
CMYK9.1%, 12.3%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,064,572
CSS custom property--colour: #E5DDFC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75399WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness227.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.08:1
Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1
Inverted#1A2203

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D7E1FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#D8E1FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Tritanopia#E1E1E7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 6.9Thistle · ΔE 11.7Light steelblue · ΔE 14.8Lavender blush · ΔE 15.2Ghost white · ΔE 15.3Alice blue · ΔE 15.8
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 6.86, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F4FCDD
Analogous#DDE5FC, #F5DDFC
Triadic#FCE5DD, #DDFCE5
Split complementary#FCF5DD, #E5FCDD
Tetradic#FCDDE4, #F4FCDD, #DDFCF5

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%#C1AEF8
Darker −20%#9D7FF4
Darker −30%#7950F0
Darker −40%#5622EB
More saturated +25%#E4DAFF
Less saturated −25%#E7E2F7

Channel breakdown

R229
G221
B252
Red229 (89.8%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue255.48°
Saturation (HSL)83.78%
Lightness92.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E5 · G DD · B FC

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