Colour

#E5DDFF

#E5DDFF
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#E5DDFF is a blue with RGB values 229, 221, 255 and HSL 254°, 100%, 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

#E5DDFF#E5DDFF

HEX#E5DDFF

RGBrgb(229, 221, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.8667, 1

RGB percentages89.8%, 86.7%, 100%

HSLhsl(254.1, 100%, 93.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(254.1, 13.3%, 100%)

CMYK10.2%, 13.3%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,064,575

CSS custom property--colour: #E5DDFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75591WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness227.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.12:1

Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1

Inverted#1A2200

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D6E2FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#D7E1FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.7 from the original

Tritanopia#E1E2E8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.3:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 8.2 Thistle · ΔE 12.2 Light steelblue · ΔE 15.3 Lavender blush · ΔE 16.5 Ghost white · ΔE 16.6 Alice blue · ΔE 17.1

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 8.21, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F7FFDD

Analogous#DDE6FF, #F6DDFF

Triadic#FFE5DD, #DDFFE5

Split complementary#FFF6DD, #E6FFDD

Tetradic#FFDDE6, #F7FFDD, #DDFFF6

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%#BEAAFF

Darker −20%#9777FF

Darker −30%#7044FF

Darker −40%#4911FF

More saturated +25%#E5DDFF

Less saturated −25%#E7E1FB

Channel breakdown

R229

G221

B255

Red229 (89.8%)

Green221 (86.7%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue254.12°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness93.33%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E5 · G DD · B FF

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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