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Recognised as Colour

#E8E0F0

  • #E8E0F0
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#E8E0F0 is a violet with RGB values 232, 224, 240 and HSL 270°, 35%, 91%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#E8E0F0#E8E0F0
HEX#E8E0F0
RGBrgb(232, 224, 240)
RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.8784, 0.9412
RGB percentages91%, 87.8%, 94.1%
HSLhsl(270, 34.8%, 91%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270, 6.7%, 94.1%)
CMYK3.3%, 6.7%, 0%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,261,936
CSS custom property--colour: #E8E0F0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76758WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness228.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.35:1
Contrast with white1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3
Inverted#171F0F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DEE3F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#DFE3EFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Tritanopia#E7E2E5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.28:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 3.8Lavender blush · ΔE 8.5Gainsboro · ΔE 9.1Ghost white · ΔE 9.4Alice blue · ΔE 10.2Light grey · ΔE 10.5
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 3.78, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E8F0E0
Analogous#E0E0F0, #F0E0F0
Triadic#F0E8E0, #E0F0E8
Split complementary#F0F0E0, #E0F0E0
Tetradic#F0E0E0, #E8F0E0, #E0F0F0

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%#CFBEDF
Darker −20%#B59BCF
Darker −30%#9C79BE
Darker −40%#8257AD
More saturated +25%#E8DAF6
Less saturated −25%#E8E6EA

Channel breakdown

R232
G224
B240
Red232 (91%)
Green224 (87.8%)
Blue240 (94.1%)
Hue270°
Saturation (HSL)34.78%
Lightness90.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E8 · G E0 · B F0

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