Recognised as Colour

#E8A8FA

#E8A8FA
Violet
Light
Nearest: Plum

#E8A8FA is a violet with RGB values 232, 168, 250 and HSL 287°, 89%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#E8A8FA#E8A8FA

HEX#E8A8FA

RGBrgb(232, 168, 250)

RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.6588, 0.9804

RGB percentages91%, 65.9%, 98%

HSLhsl(286.8, 89.1%, 82%)

HSV / HSBhsv(286.8, 32.8%, 98%)

CMYK7.2%, 32.8%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,247,610

CSS custom property--colour: #E8A8FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52063WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness199.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.41:1

Contrast with white1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC

Inverted#175705

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9DBBFDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#ADC1F7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.1 from the original

Tritanopia#E9B1C6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 11.4 Violet · ΔE 21.2 Orchid · ΔE 23.3 Medium purple · ΔE 29 Thistle · ΔE 32.9 Medium orchid · ΔE 35.9

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 11.4, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BAFAA8

Analogous#BFA8FA, #FAA8E3

Triadic#FAE8A8, #A8FAE8

Split complementary#E3FAA8, #A8FABF

Tetradic#FABFA8, #BAFAA8, #A8E3FA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F5D8FD

Darker −10%#DB78F7

Darker −20%#CE48F4

Darker −30%#C217F2

Darker −40%#A00CCA

More saturated +25%#EBA3FF

Less saturated −25%#E2B4EF

Channel breakdown

R232

G168

B250

Red232 (91%)

Green168 (65.9%)

Blue250 (98%)

Hue286.83°

Saturation (HSL)89.13%

Lightness81.96%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E8 · G A8 · B FA

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Colour harmonies

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