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Recognised as Colour

#E8DDFC

  • #E8DDFC
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#E8DDFC is a violet with RGB values 232, 221, 252 and HSL 261°, 84%, 93%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#E8DDFC#E8DDFC
HEX#E8DDFC
RGBrgb(232, 221, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.8667, 0.9882
RGB percentages91%, 86.7%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(261.3, 83.8%, 92.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.3, 12.3%, 98.8%)
CMYK7.9%, 12.3%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,261,180
CSS custom property--colour: #E8DDFC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75897WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness228 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.18:1
Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E2E2E2
Inverted#172203

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D8E2FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#D9E2FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Tritanopia#E5E1E7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 7.3Thistle · ΔE 11.4Lavender blush · ΔE 14.9Ghost white · ΔE 15.4Light steelblue · ΔE 15.7Alice blue · ΔE 16.1
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 7.28, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F1FCDD
Analogous#DDE2FC, #F8DDFC
Triadic#FCE8DD, #DDFCE8
Split complementary#FCF8DD, #E2FCDD
Tetradic#FCDDE2, #F1FCDD, #DDFCF7

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%#C8AEF8
Darker −20%#A97FF4
Darker −30%#8950F0
Darker −40%#6922EB
More saturated +25%#E7DAFF
Less saturated −25%#E9E2F7

Channel breakdown

R232
G221
B252
Red232 (91%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue261.29°
Saturation (HSL)83.78%
Lightness92.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E8 · G DD · B FC

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