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Recognised as Colour

#E6DCEE

  • #E6DCEE
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#E6DCEE is a violet with RGB values 230, 220, 238 and HSL 273°, 35%, 90%. 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

#E6DCEE#E6DCEE
HEX#E6DCEE
RGBrgb(230, 220, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.8627, 0.9333
RGB percentages90.2%, 86.3%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(273.3, 34.6%, 89.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.3, 7.6%, 93.3%)
CMYK3.4%, 7.6%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,129,838
CSS custom property--colour: #E6DCEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74182WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness225.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.84:1
Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF
Inverted#192311

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DADFEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#DBE0EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Tritanopia#E5DEE2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.4 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 text15.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 4.6Lavender blush · ΔE 9.9Gainsboro · ΔE 10.1Light grey · ΔE 11Ghost white · ΔE 11.1Thistle · ΔE 11.2
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 4.58, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E4EEDC
Analogous#DDDCEE, #EEDCED
Triadic#EEE6DC, #DCEEE6
Split complementary#EDEEDC, #DCEEDD
Tetradic#EEDDDC, #E4EEDC, #DCEDEE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FFFEFF
Darker −10%#CDBADD
Darker −20%#B597CD
Darker −30%#9C75BC
Darker −40%#8453AB
More saturated +25%#E7D6F4
Less saturated −25%#E5E3E8

Channel breakdown

R230
G220
B238
Red230 (90.2%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue273.33°
Saturation (HSL)34.62%
Lightness89.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E6 · G DC · B EE

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