Recognised as Colour
#E6C8FC
- #E6C8FC
- Violet
- Light
- Nearest: Thistle
#E6C8FC is a violet with RGB values 230, 200, 252 and HSL 275°, 90%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.
Colour values
#E6C8FC#E6C8FC
HEX#E6C8FC
RGBrgb(230, 200, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.7843, 0.9882
RGB percentages90.2%, 78.4%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(274.6, 89.7%, 88.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274.6, 20.6%, 98.8%)
CMYK8.7%, 20.6%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,124,732
CSS custom property--colour: #E6C8FC;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.6516WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness215.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.03:1
Contrast with white1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2
Inverted#193703
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.5:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.03:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#DEFCC8
Analogous#CCC8FC, #FCC8F8
Triadic#FCE6C8, #C8FCE6
Split complementary#F8FCC8, #C8FCCC
Tetradic#FCCCC8, #DEFCC8, #C8F8FC
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R230
G200
B252
Red230 (90.2%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue274.62°
Saturation (HSL)89.66%
Lightness88.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E6 · G C8 · B FC
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