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Recognised as Colour

#E8D6F0

  • #E8D6F0
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#E8D6F0 is a violet with RGB values 232, 214, 240 and HSL 282°, 46%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#E8D6F0#E8D6F0
HEX#E8D6F0
RGBrgb(232, 214, 240)
RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.8392, 0.9412
RGB percentages91%, 83.9%, 94.1%
HSLhsl(281.5, 46.4%, 89%)
HSV / HSBhsv(281.5, 10.8%, 94.1%)
CMYK3.3%, 10.8%, 0%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,259,376
CSS custom property--colour: #E8D6F0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7154WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness222.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.31:1
Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC
Inverted#17290F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D3DBF1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#D7DDEFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original
Tritanopia#E8D9DEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 8.1Lavender · ΔE 8.2Lavender blush · ΔE 13.8Gainsboro · ΔE 15Light grey · ΔE 15.4Ghost white · ΔE 15.6
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 8.13, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DEF0D6
Analogous#DBD6F0, #F0D6EB
Triadic#F0E8D6, #D6F0E8
Split complementary#EBF0D6, #D6F0DB
Tetradic#F0DBD6, #DEF0D6, #D6EBF0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FDFBFE
Darker −10%#D3B1E2
Darker −20%#BE8BD5
Darker −30%#A966C7
Darker −40%#9343B7
More saturated +25%#EBCFF7
Less saturated −25%#E5DDE9

Channel breakdown

R232
G214
B240
Red232 (91%)
Green214 (83.9%)
Blue240 (94.1%)
Hue281.54°
Saturation (HSL)46.43%
Lightness89.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E8 · G D6 · B F0

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