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Recognised as Colour

#E8DAEB

  • #E8DAEB
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#E8DAEB is a violet with RGB values 232, 218, 235 and HSL 289°, 30%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#E8DAEB#E8DAEB
HEX#E8DAEB
RGBrgb(232, 218, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.8549, 0.9216
RGB percentages91%, 85.5%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(289.4, 29.8%, 88.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(289.4, 7.2%, 92.2%)
CMYK1.3%, 7.2%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,260,395
CSS custom property--colour: #E8DAEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73297WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness224.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.66:1
Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE
Inverted#172514

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D9DDECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#DBDFEAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Tritanopia#E8DBDFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.8 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 text15.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 6.1Lavender blush · ΔE 9.8Gainsboro · ΔE 10.2Thistle · ΔE 10.4Light grey · ΔE 11Ghost white · ΔE 11.7
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 6.06, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DDEBDA
Analogous#E0DAEB, #EBDAE5
Triadic#EBE8DA, #DAEBE8
Split complementary#E5EBDA, #DAEBE0
Tetradic#EBE0DA, #DDEBDA, #DAE5EB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FDFBFD
Darker −10%#D3B9D9
Darker −20%#BF98C7
Darker −30%#AA77B5
Darker −40%#9557A2
More saturated +25%#EDD3F2
Less saturated −25%#E3E1E4

Channel breakdown

R232
G218
B235
Red232 (91%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue289.41°
Saturation (HSL)29.82%
Lightness88.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E8 · G DA · B EB

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