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Recognised as Colour

#E6CEEE

  • #E6CEEE
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#E6CEEE is a violet with RGB values 230, 206, 238 and HSL 285°, 48%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#E6CEEE#E6CEEE
HEX#E6CEEE
RGBrgb(230, 206, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.8078, 0.9333
RGB percentages90.2%, 80.8%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(285, 48.5%, 87.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285, 13.4%, 93.3%)
CMYK3.4%, 13.4%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,126,254
CSS custom property--colour: #E6CEEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67139WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.43:1
Contrast with white1.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5
Inverted#193111

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CBD4EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#CFD7EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.5 from the original
Tritanopia#E6D1D9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.46:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 6.5Lavender · ΔE 12.4Light steelblue · ΔE 17.1Lavender blush · ΔE 17.9Light grey · ΔE 18.9Gainsboro · ΔE 19
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 6.53, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D6EECE
Analogous#D6CEEE, #EECEE6
Triadic#EEE6CE, #CEEEE6
Split complementary#E6EECE, #CEEED6
Tetradic#EED6CE, #D6EECE, #CEE6EE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F9F4FB
Darker −10%#D3A8E1
Darker −20%#BF82D4
Darker −30%#AC5CC7
Darker −40%#953EB2
More saturated +25%#EAC6F6
Less saturated −25%#E2D6E6

Channel breakdown

R230
G206
B238
Red230 (90.2%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue285°
Saturation (HSL)48.48%
Lightness87.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E6 · G CE · B EE

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