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Colour

#E6E3ED

  • #E6E3ED
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#E6E3ED is a violet with RGB values 230, 227, 237 and HSL 258°, 22%, 91%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#E6E3ED#E6E3ED
HEX#E6E3ED
RGBrgb(230, 227, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.8902, 0.9294
RGB percentages90.2%, 89%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(258, 21.7%, 91%)
HSV / HSBhsv(258, 4.2%, 92.9%)
CMYK3%, 4.2%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,131,629
CSS custom property--colour: #E6E3ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77876WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness229.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.58:1
Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4
Inverted#191C12

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E1E4EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#E2E4EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Tritanopia#E5E4E6no 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 text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 5.4Gainsboro · ΔE 6.1Lavender blush · ΔE 7.3Ghost white · ΔE 7.3Alice blue · ΔE 7.7White smoke · ΔE 7.9
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 5.36, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EAEDE3
Analogous#E3E5ED, #EBE3ED
Triadic#EDE6E3, #E3EDE6
Split complementary#EDEBE3, #E5EDE3
Tetradic#EDE3E5, #EAEDE3, #E3EDEB

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%#CAC4D9
Darker −20%#AFA5C5
Darker −30%#9386B1
Darker −40%#77679D
More saturated +25%#E4DDF3
Less saturated −25%#E8E8E8

Channel breakdown

R230
G227
B237
Red230 (90.2%)
Green227 (89%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue258°
Saturation (HSL)21.74%
Lightness90.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E6 · G E3 · B ED

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