Recognised as Colour

#E9ABFF

#E9ABFF
Violet
Light
Nearest: Plum

#E9ABFF is a violet with RGB values 233, 171, 255 and HSL 284°, 100%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#E9ABFF#E9ABFF

HEX#E9ABFF

RGBrgb(233, 171, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.6706, 1

RGB percentages91.4%, 67.1%, 100%

HSLhsl(284.3, 100%, 83.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(284.3, 32.9%, 100%)

CMYK8.6%, 32.9%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,313,919

CSS custom property--colour: #E9ABFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53669WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness202 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.73:1

Contrast with white1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE

Inverted#165400

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9FBEFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#AEC4FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.9 from the original

Tritanopia#E9B5CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 12.7 Violet · ΔE 21.6 Orchid · ΔE 24.1 Medium purple · ΔE 29 Thistle · ΔE 33.5 Cornflower blue · ΔE 36

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 12.66, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C1FFAB

Analogous#BFABFF, #FFABEB

Triadic#FFE9AB, #ABFFE9

Split complementary#EBFFAB, #ABFFBF

Tetradic#FFBFAB, #C1FFAB, #ABEBFF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F6DEFF

Darker −10%#DC78FF

Darker −20%#CE45FF

Darker −30%#C112FF

Darker −40%#A400DE

More saturated +25%#E9ABFF

Less saturated −25%#E4B5F4

Channel breakdown

R233

G171

B255

Red233 (91.4%)

Green171 (67.1%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue284.29°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness83.53%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E9 · G AB · B FF

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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