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Recognised as Colour

#E8CDEE

  • #E8CDEE
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#E8CDEE is a violet with RGB values 232, 205, 238 and HSL 289°, 49%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#E8CDEE#E8CDEE
HEX#E8CDEE
RGBrgb(232, 205, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.8039, 0.9333
RGB percentages91%, 80.4%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(289.1, 49.3%, 86.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(289.1, 13.9%, 93.3%)
CMYK2.5%, 13.9%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,257,070
CSS custom property--colour: #E8CDEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66991WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.4:1
Contrast with white1.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5
Inverted#173211

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CAD4EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#CFD7EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.7 from the original
Tritanopia#E9D0D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.46:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 6.8Lavender · ΔE 13.5Light steelblue · ΔE 18.1Pink · ΔE 18.5Lavender blush · ΔE 18.6Light grey · ΔE 19.9
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 6.76, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D3EECD
Analogous#D8CDEE, #EECDE3
Triadic#EEE8CD, #CDEEE8
Split complementary#E3EECD, #CDEED8
Tetradic#EED8CD, #D3EECD, #CDE3EE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FAF3FB
Darker −10%#D6A7E1
Darker −20%#C581D4
Darker −30%#B35BC7
Darker −40%#9D3DB2
More saturated +25%#EDC5F6
Less saturated −25%#E3D5E6

Channel breakdown

R232
G205
B238
Red232 (91%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue289.09°
Saturation (HSL)49.25%
Lightness86.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E8 · G CD · B EE

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