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Recognised as Colour

#E8C6F7

  • #E8C6F7
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#E8C6F7 is a violet with RGB values 232, 198, 247 and HSL 282°, 75%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#E8C6F7#E8C6F7
HEX#E8C6F7
RGBrgb(232, 198, 247)
RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.7765, 0.9686
RGB percentages91%, 77.6%, 96.9%
HSLhsl(281.6, 75.4%, 87.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(281.6, 19.8%, 96.9%)
CMYK6.1%, 19.8%, 0%, 3.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,255,287
CSS custom property--colour: #E8C6F7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64259WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness214.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.85:1
Contrast with white1.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1
Inverted#173908

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C0D0F9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#C7D3F5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.8 from the original
Tritanopia#E8CBD7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.52:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 13.4Plum · ΔE 16.2Lavender · ΔE 21.1Light steelblue · ΔE 23Pink · ΔE 23.2Light pink · ΔE 25.9
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 13.39, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D5F7C6
Analogous#D0C6F7, #F7C6ED
Triadic#F7E8C6, #C6F7E8
Split complementary#EDF7C6, #C6F7D0
Tetradic#F7D0C6, #D5F7C6, #C6EDF7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FAF3FD
Darker −10%#D699F1
Darker −20%#C46DEA
Darker −30%#B240E4
Darker −40%#9C1ED3
More saturated +25%#EBBEFF
Less saturated −25%#E5CEEF

Channel breakdown

R232
G198
B247
Red232 (91%)
Green198 (77.6%)
Blue247 (96.9%)
Hue281.63°
Saturation (HSL)75.38%
Lightness87.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E8 · G C6 · B F7

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