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Recognised as Colour

#E8DEFE

  • #E8DEFE
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#E8DEFE is a violet with RGB values 232, 222, 254 and HSL 259°, 94%, 93%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#E8DEFE#E8DEFE
HEX#E8DEFE
RGBrgb(232, 222, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.8706, 0.9961
RGB percentages91%, 87.1%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(258.8, 94.1%, 93.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(258.8, 12.6%, 99.6%)
CMYK8.7%, 12.6%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,261,438
CSS custom property--colour: #E8DEFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76554WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness228.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.31:1
Contrast with white1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E2E2E2
Inverted#172101

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D8E3FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#DAE2FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.7 from the original
Tritanopia#E5E2E8no 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 text1.29:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 7.5Thistle · ΔE 11.9Lavender blush · ΔE 15.3Ghost white · ΔE 15.6Light steelblue · ΔE 15.8Alice blue · ΔE 16.2
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 7.45, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F4FEDE
Analogous#DEE4FE, #F8DEFE
Triadic#FEE8DE, #DEFEE8
Split complementary#FEF8DE, #E4FEDE
Tetradic#FEDEE4, #F4FEDE, #DEFEF8

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%#C5ACFD
Darker −20%#A37BFB
Darker −30%#8149FA
Darker −40%#5E18F8
More saturated +25%#E8DDFF
Less saturated −25%#EAE2FA

Channel breakdown

R232
G222
B254
Red232 (91%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue258.75°
Saturation (HSL)94.12%
Lightness93.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E8 · G DE · B FE

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