Recognised as Colour

#E8AEED

#E8AEED
Magenta
Light
Nearest: Plum

#E8AEED is a magenta with RGB values 232, 174, 237 and HSL 295°, 64%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#E8AEED#E8AEED

HEX#E8AEED

RGBrgb(232, 174, 237)

RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.6824, 0.9294

RGB percentages91%, 68.2%, 92.9%

HSLhsl(295.2, 63.6%, 80.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(295.2, 26.6%, 92.9%)

CMYK2.1%, 26.6%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,249,133

CSS custom property--colour: #E8AEED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53542WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness200.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.71:1

Contrast with white1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF

Inverted#175112

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A9BDF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#B6C4EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.2 from the original

Tritanopia#EBB4C4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 5.1 Thistle · ΔE 23.1 Pink · ΔE 28.1 Light pink · ΔE 28.6 Violet · ΔE 29.5 Orchid · ΔE 30.4

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 5.08, clearly different but related

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B3EDAE

Analogous#C8AEED, #EDAED3

Triadic#EDE8AE, #AEEDE8

Split complementary#D3EDAE, #AEEDC9

Tetradic#EDC9AE, #B3EDAE, #AED3ED

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F4D8F6

Darker −10%#DC84E4

Darker −20%#D05BDA

Darker −30%#C431D1

Darker −40%#9F26A9

More saturated +25%#F2A2F9

Less saturated −25%#DEBAE1

Channel breakdown

R232

G174

B237

Red232 (91%)

Green174 (68.2%)

Blue237 (92.9%)

Hue295.24°

Saturation (HSL)63.64%

Lightness80.59%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E8 · G AE · B ED

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