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Recognised as Colour

#E7E2ED

  • #E7E2ED
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#E7E2ED is a violet with RGB values 231, 226, 237 and HSL 267°, 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

#E7E2ED#E7E2ED
HEX#E7E2ED
RGBrgb(231, 226, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.8863, 0.9294
RGB percentages90.6%, 88.6%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(267.3, 23.4%, 90.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(267.3, 4.6%, 92.9%)
CMYK2.5%, 4.6%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,196,909
CSS custom property--colour: #E7E2ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77496WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness228.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.5:1
Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4
Inverted#181D12

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E0E4EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#E1E4EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Tritanopia#E6E3E5no 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 text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 5.1Gainsboro · ΔE 6.6Lavender blush · ΔE 7.3Ghost white · ΔE 7.7Alice blue · ΔE 8.3White smoke · ΔE 8.5
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 5.08, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E8EDE2
Analogous#E2E3ED, #EDE2ED
Triadic#EDE7E2, #E2EDE7
Split complementary#EDEDE2, #E3EDE2
Tetradic#EDE2E3, #E8EDE2, #E2EDED

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%#CDC3D9
Darker −20%#B3A3C6
Darker −30%#9984B2
Darker −40%#7F649F
More saturated +25%#E6DCF3
Less saturated −25%#E8E8E8

Channel breakdown

R231
G226
B237
Red231 (90.6%)
Green226 (88.6%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue267.27°
Saturation (HSL)23.4%
Lightness90.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E7 · G E2 · B ED

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