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Recognised as Colour

#E8D7FF

  • #E8D7FF
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#E8D7FF is a violet with RGB values 232, 215, 255 and HSL 266°, 100%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#E8D7FF#E8D7FF
HEX#E8D7FF
RGBrgb(232, 215, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.8431, 1
RGB percentages91%, 84.3%, 100%
HSLhsl(265.5, 100%, 92.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(265.5, 15.7%, 100%)
CMYK9%, 15.7%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,259,647
CSS custom property--colour: #E8D7FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72977WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness225 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.6:1
Contrast with white1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE
Inverted#172800

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D0DDFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#D3DEFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original
Tritanopia#E5DCE4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 11.6Lavender · ΔE 12.6Light steelblue · ΔE 17.7Lavender blush · ΔE 19.8Ghost white · ΔE 20.6Alice blue · ΔE 21.4
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 11.64, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEFFD7
Analogous#D7DAFF, #FCD7FF
Triadic#FFE8D7, #D7FFE8
Split complementary#FFFCD7, #DAFFD7
Tetradic#FFD7DA, #EEFFD7, #D7FFFC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FFFFFF
Darker −10%#CBA4FF
Darker −20%#AD71FF
Darker −30%#903EFF
Darker −40%#730BFF
More saturated +25%#E8D7FF
Less saturated −25%#E9DCFA

Channel breakdown

R232
G215
B255
Red232 (91%)
Green215 (84.3%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue265.5°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness92.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E8 · G D7 · B FF

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