Recognised as Colour

#E6E2ED

#E6E2ED
Violet
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#E6E2ED is a violet with RGB values 230, 226, 237 and HSL 262°, 23%, 91%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

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HEX#E6E2ED

RGBrgb(230, 226, 237)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.8863, 0.9294

RGB percentages90.2%, 88.6%, 92.9%

HSLhsl(261.8, 23.4%, 90.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(261.8, 4.6%, 92.9%)

CMYK3%, 4.6%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,131,373

CSS custom property--colour: #E6E2ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7733WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness228.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.47:1

Contrast with white1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4

Inverted#191D12

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E0E4EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#E1E4EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Tritanopia#E5E3E5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 5 Gainsboro · ΔE 6.5 Lavender blush · ΔE 7.5 Ghost white · ΔE 7.7 Alice blue · ΔE 8.2 Light grey · ΔE 8.4

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 5, a close match

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E9EDE2

Analogous#E2E3ED, #ECE2ED

Triadic#EDE6E2, #E2EDE6

Split complementary#EDECE2, #E3EDE2

Tetradic#EDE2E3, #E9EDE2, #E2EDEC

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%#CBC3D9

Darker −20%#B0A3C6

Darker −30%#9584B2

Darker −40%#79649F

More saturated +25%#E4DCF3

Less saturated −25%#E8E8E8

Channel breakdown

R230

G226

B237

Red230 (90.2%)

Green226 (88.6%)

Blue237 (92.9%)

Hue261.82°

Saturation (HSL)23.4%

Lightness90.78%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E6 · G E2 · B ED

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Colour values

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