Colour

#E6DDEE

#E6DDEE
Violet
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#E6DDEE is a violet with RGB values 230, 221, 238 and HSL 272°, 33%, 90%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#E6DDEE#E6DDEE

HEX#E6DDEE

RGBrgb(230, 221, 238)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.8667, 0.9333

RGB percentages90.2%, 86.7%, 93.3%

HSLhsl(271.8, 33.3%, 90%)

HSV / HSBhsv(271.8, 7.1%, 93.3%)

CMYK3.4%, 7.1%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,130,094

CSS custom property--colour: #E6DDEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74709WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness225.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.94:1

Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0

Inverted#192211

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DBE0EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original

Deuteranopia#DCE0EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original

Tritanopia#E5DFE2no 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 text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 4.3 Lavender blush · ΔE 9.5 Gainsboro · ΔE 9.6 Ghost white · ΔE 10.5 Light grey · ΔE 10.5 Alice blue · ΔE 11.3

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 4.3, a close match

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#E5EEDD

Analogous#DEDDEE, #EEDDEE

Triadic#EEE6DD, #DDEEE6

Split complementary#EEEEDD, #DDEEDE

Tetradic#EEDEDD, #E5EEDD, #DDEEEE

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%#CDBBDD

Darker −20%#B499CC

Darker −30%#9B77BB

Darker −40%#8255AA

More saturated +25%#E6D7F4

Less saturated −25%#E6E3E8

Channel breakdown

R230

G221

B238

Red230 (90.2%)

Green221 (86.7%)

Blue238 (93.3%)

Hue271.76°

Saturation (HSL)33.33%

Lightness90%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E6 · G DD · B EE

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