Recognised as Colour

#E9BBFB

#E9BBFB
Violet
Light
Nearest: Plum

#E9BBFB is a violet with RGB values 233, 187, 251 and HSL 283°, 89%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#E9BBFB#E9BBFB

HEX#E9BBFB

RGBrgb(233, 187, 251)

RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.7333, 0.9843

RGB percentages91.4%, 73.3%, 98.4%

HSLhsl(283.1, 88.9%, 85.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(283.1, 25.5%, 98.4%)

CMYK7.2%, 25.5%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,318,011

CSS custom property--colour: #E9BBFB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59829WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness209.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.97:1

Contrast with white1.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9

Inverted#164404

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B3C8FEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23 from the original

Deuteranopia#BDCDF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.8 from the original

Tritanopia#E9C2D1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.62:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 10.3 Thistle · ΔE 21.7 Pink · ΔE 28.9 Lavender · ΔE 30.3 Light pink · ΔE 30.4 Light steelblue · ΔE 30.8

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 10.29, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#CDFBBB

Analogous#C9BBFB, #FBBBED

Triadic#FBE9BB, #BBFBE9

Split complementary#EDFBBB, #BBFBC9

Tetradic#FBC9BB, #CDFBBB, #BBEDFB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F9EBFE

Darker −10%#D98BF8

Darker −20%#CA5BF5

Darker −30%#BA2AF3

Darker −40%#A30DDD

More saturated +25%#EBB7FF

Less saturated −25%#E5C4F2

Channel breakdown

R233

G187

B251

Red233 (91.4%)

Green187 (73.3%)

Blue251 (98.4%)

Hue283.13°

Saturation (HSL)88.89%

Lightness85.88%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E9 · G BB · B FB

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