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Recognised as Colour

#E7DCFB

  • #E7DCFB
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#E7DCFB is a violet with RGB values 231, 220, 251 and HSL 261°, 79%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#E7DCFB#E7DCFB
HEX#E7DCFB
RGBrgb(231, 220, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.8627, 0.9843
RGB percentages90.6%, 86.3%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(261.3, 79.5%, 92.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.3, 12.4%, 98.4%)
CMYK8%, 12.4%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,195,387
CSS custom property--colour: #E7DCFB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7514WCAG 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 16.03:1
Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1
Inverted#182304

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D7E1FCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#D8E1FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Tritanopia#E4E0E6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 7.4Thistle · ΔE 11.1Lavender blush · ΔE 15.1Light steelblue · ΔE 15.4Ghost white · ΔE 15.6Alice blue · ΔE 16.3
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 7.4, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F0FBDC
Analogous#DCE1FB, #F6DCFB
Triadic#FBE7DC, #DCFBE7
Split complementary#FBF6DC, #E1FBDC
Tetradic#FBDCE1, #F0FBDC, #DCFBF6

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%#C8AEF6
Darker −20%#A880F1
Darker −30%#8953EB
Darker −40%#6925E6
More saturated +25%#E6D8FF
Less saturated −25%#E8E1F6

Channel breakdown

R231
G220
B251
Red231 (90.6%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue261.29°
Saturation (HSL)79.49%
Lightness92.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E7 · G DC · B FB

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