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Recognised as Colour

#E6C8FF

  • #E6C8FF
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#E6C8FF is a violet with RGB values 230, 200, 255 and HSL 273°, 100%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#E6C8FF#E6C8FF
HEX#E6C8FF
RGBrgb(230, 200, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.7843, 1
RGB percentages90.2%, 78.4%, 100%
HSLhsl(272.7, 100%, 89.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(272.7, 21.6%, 100%)
CMYK9.8%, 21.6%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,124,735
CSS custom property--colour: #E6C8FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65352WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness216.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.07:1
Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2
Inverted#193700

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BFD2FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#C5D4FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.1 from the original
Tritanopia#E3CFDBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 16.3Plum · ΔE 16.5Lavender · ΔE 22.6Light steelblue · ΔE 24Pink · ΔE 26.7Lavender blush · ΔE 29.1
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 16.28, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E1FFC8
Analogous#CBC8FF, #FFC8FC
Triadic#FFE6C8, #C8FFE6
Split complementary#FCFFC8, #C8FFCB
Tetradic#FFCBC8, #E1FFC8, #C8FCFF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FDFBFF
Darker −10%#CF95FF
Darker −20%#B862FF
Darker −30%#A02FFF
Darker −40%#8900FB
More saturated +25%#E6C8FF
Less saturated −25%#E5CFF8

Channel breakdown

R230
G200
B255
Red230 (90.2%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue272.73°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness89.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E6 · G C8 · B FF

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