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Recognised as Colour

#E8CEF4

  • #E8CEF4
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#E8CEF4 is a violet with RGB values 232, 206, 244 and HSL 281°, 63%, 88%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#E8CEF4#E8CEF4
HEX#E8CEF4
RGBrgb(232, 206, 244)
RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.8078, 0.9569
RGB percentages91%, 80.8%, 95.7%
HSLhsl(281.1, 63.3%, 88.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(281.1, 15.6%, 95.7%)
CMYK4.9%, 15.6%, 0%, 4.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,257,332
CSS custom property--colour: #E8CEF4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6783WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness218.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.57:1
Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6
Inverted#17310B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C9D5F6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#CFD8F3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.6 from the original
Tritanopia#E8D2DBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 8.8Lavender · ΔE 14.6Light steelblue · ΔE 18.6Lavender blush · ΔE 20.4Pink · ΔE 20.6Plum · ΔE 22
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 8.82, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DAF4CE
Analogous#D5CEF4, #F4CEED
Triadic#F4E8CE, #CEF4E8
Split complementary#EDF4CE, #CEF4D5
Tetradic#F4D5CE, #DAF4CE, #CEEDF4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FCF8FD
Darker −10%#D4A4EB
Darker −20%#C17BE1
Darker −30%#AD51D8
Darker −40%#982DC9
More saturated +25%#EBC6FB
Less saturated −25%#E5D5EC

Channel breakdown

R232
G206
B244
Red232 (91%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue244 (95.7%)
Hue281.05°
Saturation (HSL)63.33%
Lightness88.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E8 · G CE · B F4

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