Recognised as Colour

#E7A9FF

#E7A9FF
Violet
Light
Nearest: Plum

#E7A9FF is a violet with RGB values 231, 169, 255 and HSL 283°, 100%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#E7A9FF#E7A9FF

HEX#E7A9FF

RGBrgb(231, 169, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.6627, 1

RGB percentages90.6%, 66.3%, 100%

HSLhsl(283.3, 100%, 83.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(283.3, 33.7%, 100%)

CMYK9.4%, 33.7%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,182,335

CSS custom property--colour: #E7A9FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52585WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness200.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.52:1

Contrast with white1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC

Inverted#185600

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9CBCFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#ABC2FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.1 from the original

Tritanopia#E6B4C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.82:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 13.5 Violet · ΔE 20.8 Orchid · ΔE 23.3 Medium purple · ΔE 27.9 Thistle · ΔE 34.6 Medium orchid · ΔE 35.1

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 13.47, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C1FFA9

Analogous#BCA9FF, #FFA9EC

Triadic#FFE7A9, #A9FFE7

Split complementary#ECFFA9, #A9FFBC

Tetradic#FFBCA9, #C1FFA9, #A9ECFF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F5DCFF

Darker −10%#D976FF

Darker −20%#CB43FF

Darker −30%#BC10FF

Darker −40%#9F00DC

More saturated +25%#E7A9FF

Less saturated −25%#E2B4F4

Channel breakdown

R231

G169

B255

Red231 (90.6%)

Green169 (66.3%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue283.26°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness83.14%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E7 · G A9 · B FF

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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