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Recognised as Colour

#E8D8FA

  • #E8D8FA
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#E8D8FA is a violet with RGB values 232, 216, 250 and HSL 268°, 77%, 91%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#E8D8FA#E8D8FA
HEX#E8D8FA
RGBrgb(232, 216, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.8471, 0.9804
RGB percentages91%, 84.7%, 98%
HSLhsl(268.2, 77.3%, 91.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(268.2, 13.6%, 98%)
CMYK7.2%, 13.6%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,259,898
CSS custom property--colour: #E8D8FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7317WCAG 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 15.63:1
Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE
Inverted#172705

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D3DEFCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#D6DEF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original
Tritanopia#E6DCE3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 9.9Thistle · ΔE 10.1Light steelblue · ΔE 16.4Lavender blush · ΔE 16.9Ghost white · ΔE 17.9Gainsboro · ΔE 18.7
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 9.91, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EAFAD8
Analogous#D8D9FA, #F9D8FA
Triadic#FAE8D8, #D8FAE8
Split complementary#FAF9D8, #D9FAD8
Tetradic#FAD8D9, #EAFAD8, #D8FAF9

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%#CDABF4
Darker −20%#B37EEE
Darker −30%#9850E9
Darker −40%#7D23E3
More saturated +25%#E8D3FF
Less saturated −25%#E8DEF4

Channel breakdown

R232
G216
B250
Red232 (91%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue268.24°
Saturation (HSL)77.27%
Lightness91.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E8 · G D8 · B FA

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