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Recognised as Colour

#E8C3FD

  • #E8C3FD
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Plum

#E8C3FD is a violet with RGB values 232, 195, 253 and HSL 278°, 94%, 88%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#E8C3FD#E8C3FD
HEX#E8C3FD
RGBrgb(232, 195, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.7647, 0.9922
RGB percentages91%, 76.5%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(278.3, 93.5%, 87.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278.3, 22.9%, 99.2%)
CMYK8.3%, 22.9%, 0%, 0.8%naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,254,525
CSS custom property--colour: #E8C3FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63278WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness213.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.66:1
Contrast with white1.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF
Inverted#173C02

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#BBCEFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#C2D1FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.7 from the original
Tritanopia#E7CAD7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.54:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 13.8, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#D8FDC3
Analogous#CBC3FD, #FDC3F5
Triadic#FDE8C3, #C3FDE8
Split complementary#F5FDC3, #C3FDCB
Tetradic#FDCBC3, #D8FDC3, #C3F5FD

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FBF4FF
Darker −10%#D592FB
Darker −20%#C260FA
Darker −30%#AF2FF8
Darker −40%#9908EC
More saturated +25%#E9C1FF
Less saturated −25%#E6CBF5

Channel breakdown

R232
G195
B253
Red232 (91%)
Green195 (76.5%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue278.28°
Saturation (HSL)93.55%
Lightness87.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E8 · G C3 · B FD

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