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Recognised as Colour

#E8DBFF

  • #E8DBFF
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#E8DBFF is a violet with RGB values 232, 219, 255 and HSL 262°, 100%, 93%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#E8DBFF#E8DBFF
HEX#E8DBFF
RGBrgb(232, 219, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.8588, 1
RGB percentages91%, 85.9%, 100%
HSLhsl(261.7, 100%, 92.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.7, 14.1%, 100%)
CMYK9%, 14.1%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,260,671
CSS custom property--colour: #E8DBFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75039WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness227.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.01:1
Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0
Inverted#172400

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D5E0FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#D7E1FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Tritanopia#E5E0E7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 9.9Thistle · ΔE 11.7Light steelblue · ΔE 16.5Lavender blush · ΔE 17.4Ghost white · ΔE 18Alice blue · ΔE 18.7
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 9.92, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F2FFDB
Analogous#DBE0FF, #FADBFF
Triadic#FFE8DB, #DBFFE8
Split complementary#FFFADB, #E0FFDB
Tetradic#FFDBE0, #F2FFDB, #DBFFFA

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%#C7A8FF
Darker −20%#A775FF
Darker −30%#8642FF
Darker −40%#660FFF
More saturated +25%#E8DBFF
Less saturated −25%#E9DFFB

Channel breakdown

R232
G219
B255
Red232 (91%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue261.67°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness92.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E8 · G DB · B FF

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