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Recognised as Colour

#E6DAFA

  • #E6DAFA
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#E6DAFA is a violet with RGB values 230, 218, 250 and HSL 263°, 76%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#E6DAFA#E6DAFA
HEX#E6DAFA
RGBrgb(230, 218, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.8549, 0.9804
RGB percentages90.2%, 85.5%, 98%
HSLhsl(262.5, 76.2%, 91.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.5, 12.8%, 98%)
CMYK8%, 12.8%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,129,338
CSS custom property--colour: #E6DAFA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73868WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness225.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.77:1
Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF
Inverted#192505

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D5DFFBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#D7DFF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Tritanopia#E3DEE4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 8.2Thistle · ΔE 10.5Light steelblue · ΔE 15.4Lavender blush · ΔE 15.8Ghost white · ΔE 16.4Alice blue · ΔE 17.1
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 8.22, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEFADA
Analogous#DADEFA, #F6DAFA
Triadic#FAE6DA, #DAFAE6
Split complementary#FAF6DA, #DEFADA
Tetradic#FADADE, #EEFADA, #DAFAF6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FFFFFF
Darker −10%#C8ADF4
Darker −20%#A980EE
Darker −30%#8B53E8
Darker −40%#6D26E2
More saturated +25%#E5D5FF
Less saturated −25%#E7DFF5

Channel breakdown

R230
G218
B250
Red230 (90.2%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue262.5°
Saturation (HSL)76.19%
Lightness91.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E6 · G DA · B FA

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