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Colour

#E6E0EA

  • #E6E0EA
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#E6E0EA is a violet with RGB values 230, 224, 234 and HSL 276°, 19%, 90%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#E6E0EA#E6E0EA
HEX#E6E0EA
RGBrgb(230, 224, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.8784, 0.9176
RGB percentages90.2%, 87.8%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(276, 19.2%, 89.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(276, 4.3%, 91.8%)
CMYK1.7%, 4.3%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,130,858
CSS custom property--colour: #E6E0EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76075WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness227 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.21:1
Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E2E2E2
Inverted#191F15

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DFE2EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#E0E2EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Tritanopia#E6E1E3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 5.8Gainsboro · ΔE 6Lavender blush · ΔE 7.4Light grey · ΔE 7.8Ghost white · ΔE 8.3White smoke · ΔE 8.7
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 5.85, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E4EAE0
Analogous#E1E0EA, #EAE0E9
Triadic#EAE6E0, #E0EAE6
Split complementary#E9EAE0, #E0EAE1
Tetradic#EAE1E0, #E4EAE0, #E0E9EA

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%#CDC2D5
Darker −20%#B5A3C1
Darker −30%#9C85AC
Darker −40%#846797
More saturated +25%#E7DAF1
Less saturated −25%#E5E5E5

Channel breakdown

R230
G224
B234
Red230 (90.2%)
Green224 (87.8%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue276°
Saturation (HSL)19.23%
Lightness89.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E6 · G E0 · B EA

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