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Recognised as Colour

#E8DEEC

  • #E8DEEC
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#E8DEEC is a violet with RGB values 232, 222, 236 and HSL 283°, 27%, 90%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#E8DEEC#E8DEEC
HEX#E8DEEC
RGBrgb(232, 222, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.8706, 0.9255
RGB percentages91%, 87.1%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(282.9, 26.9%, 89.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(282.9, 5.9%, 92.5%)
CMYK1.7%, 5.9%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,261,420
CSS custom property--colour: #E8DEEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75454WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness226.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.09:1
Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1
Inverted#172113

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DDE1EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Deuteranopia#DEE2EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original
Tritanopia#E8DFE2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.7 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 text16.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 5.1Lavender blush · ΔE 8.2Gainsboro · ΔE 8.3Light grey · ΔE 9.6Ghost white · ΔE 9.6Alice blue · ΔE 10.6
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 5.12, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E2ECDE
Analogous#E1DEEC, #ECDEE9
Triadic#ECE8DE, #DEECE8
Split complementary#E9ECDE, #DEECE1
Tetradic#ECE1DE, #E2ECDE, #DEE9EC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FFFEFF
Darker −10%#D1BED9
Darker −20%#BB9DC7
Darker −30%#A47DB4
Darker −40%#8E5DA1
More saturated +25%#EBD8F3
Less saturated −25%#E5E5E6

Channel breakdown

R232
G222
B236
Red232 (91%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue282.86°
Saturation (HSL)26.92%
Lightness89.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E8 · G DE · B EC

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