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Recognised as Colour

#E8D9FE

  • #E8D9FE
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#E8D9FE is a violet with RGB values 232, 217, 254 and HSL 264°, 95%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#E8D9FE#E8D9FE
HEX#E8D9FE
RGBrgb(232, 217, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.851, 0.9961
RGB percentages91%, 85.1%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(264.3, 94.9%, 92.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264.3, 14.6%, 99.6%)
CMYK8.7%, 14.6%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,260,158
CSS custom property--colour: #E8D9FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73937WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness226 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.79:1
Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF
Inverted#172601

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D3DFFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#D5DFFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Tritanopia#E5DEE5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 10.8Thistle · ΔE 11.3Light steelblue · ΔE 16.9Lavender blush · ΔE 18.1Ghost white · ΔE 18.9Alice blue · ΔE 19.6
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 10.85, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFFED9
Analogous#D9DDFE, #FBD9FE
Triadic#FEE8D9, #D9FEE8
Split complementary#FEFBD9, #DDFED9
Tetradic#FED9DD, #EFFED9, #D9FEFB

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%#CAA7FD
Darker −20%#AC76FB
Darker −30%#8E44FA
Darker −40%#7012F9
More saturated +25%#E8D8FF
Less saturated −25%#E9DEF9

Channel breakdown

R232
G217
B254
Red232 (91%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue264.32°
Saturation (HSL)94.87%
Lightness92.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E8 · G D9 · B FE

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