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Recognised as Colour

#E8DDFD

  • #E8DDFD
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#E8DDFD is a violet with RGB values 232, 221, 253 and HSL 261°, 89%, 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

#E8DDFD#E8DDFD
HEX#E8DDFD
RGBrgb(232, 221, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.8667, 0.9922
RGB percentages91%, 86.7%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(260.6, 88.9%, 92.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.6, 12.6%, 99.2%)
CMYK8.3%, 12.6%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,261,181
CSS custom property--colour: #E8DDFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75961WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness228.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.19:1
Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E2E2E2
Inverted#172202

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D7E2FEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#D9E2FCno 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 13.8 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 text16.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 7.7Thistle · ΔE 11.5Lavender blush · ΔE 15.4Light steelblue · ΔE 15.8Ghost white · ΔE 15.8Alice blue · ΔE 16.5
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 7.7, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F2FDDD
Analogous#DDE2FD, #F8DDFD
Triadic#FDE8DD, #DDFDE8
Split complementary#FDF8DD, #E2FDDD
Tetradic#FDDDE2, #F2FDDD, #DDFDF8

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%#C7ADFA
Darker −20%#A77DF7
Darker −30%#864CF5
Darker −40%#661CF2
More saturated +25%#E7DBFF
Less saturated −25%#E9E1F9

Channel breakdown

R232
G221
B253
Red232 (91%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue260.63°
Saturation (HSL)88.89%
Lightness92.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E8 · G DD · B FD

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