Colour

#E8E5F1

#E8E5F1
Violet
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#E8E5F1 is a violet with RGB values 232, 229, 241 and HSL 255°, 30%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#E8E5F1#E8E5F1

HEX#E8E5F1

RGBrgb(232, 229, 241)

RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.898, 0.9451

RGB percentages91%, 89.8%, 94.5%

HSLhsl(255, 30%, 92.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(255, 5%, 94.5%)

CMYK3.7%, 5%, 0%, 5.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,263,217

CSS custom property--colour: #E8E5F1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79545WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness231.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.91:1

Contrast with white1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E7E7E7

Inverted#171A0E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E3E7F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#E3E6F1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Tritanopia#E7E7E9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 4.3 Ghost white · ΔE 6.9 Lavender blush · ΔE 7.2 Gainsboro · ΔE 7.3 Alice blue · ΔE 7.4 White smoke · ΔE 8.1

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 4.25, a close match

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#EEF1E5

Analogous#E5E8F1, #EEE5F1

Triadic#F1E8E5, #E5F1E8

Split complementary#F1EEE5, #E8F1E5

Tetradic#F1E5E8, #EEF1E5, #E5F1EE

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%#CBC4DF

Darker −20%#ADA3CD

Darker −30%#9082BB

Darker −40%#7360AA

More saturated +25%#E6E0F6

Less saturated −25%#EBEAEC

Channel breakdown

R232

G229

B241

Red232 (91%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue241 (94.5%)

Hue255°

Saturation (HSL)30%

Lightness92.16%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E8 · G E5 · B F1

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Colour values

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