Recognised as Colour

#E6A8FD

#E6A8FD
Violet
Light
Nearest: Plum

#E6A8FD is a violet with RGB values 230, 168, 253 and HSL 284°, 96%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

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HEX#E6A8FD

RGBrgb(230, 168, 253)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.6588, 0.9922

RGB percentages90.2%, 65.9%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(283.8, 95.5%, 82.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(283.8, 33.6%, 99.2%)

CMYK9.1%, 33.6%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,116,541

CSS custom property--colour: #E6A8FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5192WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness199.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.38:1

Contrast with white1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB

Inverted#195702

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9CBBFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#AAC1FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.2 from the original

Tritanopia#E6B2C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 12.9 Violet · ΔE 20.9 Orchid · ΔE 23.2 Medium purple · ΔE 27.8 Thistle · ΔE 34.1 Medium orchid · ΔE 35.1

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 12.89, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BFFDA8

Analogous#BBA8FD, #FDA8E9

Triadic#FDE6A8, #A8FDE6

Split complementary#EAFDA8, #A8FDBB

Tetradic#FDBBA8, #BFFDA8, #A8EAFD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F4DAFE

Darker −10%#D876FC

Darker −20%#C944FB

Darker −30%#BB12FA

Darker −40%#9C05D4

More saturated +25%#E7A6FF

Less saturated −25%#E1B3F2

Channel breakdown

R230

G168

B253

Red230 (90.2%)

Green168 (65.9%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue283.76°

Saturation (HSL)95.51%

Lightness82.55%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E6 · G A8 · B FD

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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