Recognised as Colour

#E6BEF9

#E6BEF9
Violet
Light
Nearest: Plum

#E6BEF9 is a violet with RGB values 230, 190, 249 and HSL 281°, 83%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

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HEX#E6BEF9

RGBrgb(230, 190, 249)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.7451, 0.9765

RGB percentages90.2%, 74.5%, 97.6%

HSLhsl(280.7, 83.1%, 86.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(280.7, 23.7%, 97.6%)

CMYK7.6%, 23.7%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,122,169

CSS custom property--colour: #E6BEF9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60489WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness209.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.1:1

Contrast with white1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB

Inverted#194106

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B6CAFBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#BECDF7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.9 from the original

Tritanopia#E5C5D2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.6:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 11.9 Thistle · ΔE 18.6 Lavender · ΔE 27 Pink · ΔE 27.1 Light steelblue · ΔE 27.5 Light pink · ΔE 29

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 11.9, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D1F9BE

Analogous#C9BEF9, #F9BEEF

Triadic#F9E6BE, #BEF9E6

Split complementary#EFF9BE, #BEF9C8

Tetradic#F9C8BE, #D1F9BE, #BEEFF9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F8EDFD

Darker −10%#D48FF5

Darker −20%#C261F0

Darker −30%#B032EC

Darker −40%#9814D7

More saturated +25%#E8B8FF

Less saturated −25%#E3C7F0

Channel breakdown

R230

G190

B249

Red230 (90.2%)

Green190 (74.5%)

Blue249 (97.6%)

Hue280.68°

Saturation (HSL)83.1%

Lightness86.08%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E6 · G BE · B F9

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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