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Recognised as Colour

#E9D9FF

  • #E9D9FF
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#E9D9FF is a violet with RGB values 233, 217, 255 and HSL 265°, 100%, 93%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#E9D9FF#E9D9FF
HEX#E9D9FF
RGBrgb(233, 217, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.851, 1
RGB percentages91.4%, 85.1%, 100%
HSLhsl(265.3, 100%, 92.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(265.3, 14.9%, 100%)
CMYK8.6%, 14.9%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,325,695
CSS custom property--colour: #E9D9FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74169WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness226.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.83:1
Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF
Inverted#162600

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D3DFFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#D5E0FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.2 from the original
Tritanopia#E6DEE6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 11.4Thistle · ΔE 11.5Light steelblue · ΔE 17.3Lavender blush · ΔE 18.6Ghost white · ΔE 19.3Alice blue · ΔE 20.1
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 11.42, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFFFD9
Analogous#D9DCFF, #FCD9FF
Triadic#FFE9D9, #D9FFE9
Split complementary#FFFCD9, #DCFFD9
Tetradic#FFD9DC, #EFFFD9, #D9FFFC

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%#CBA6FF
Darker −20%#AE73FF
Darker −30%#9040FF
Darker −40%#730DFF
More saturated +25%#E9D9FF
Less saturated −25%#EADEFA

Channel breakdown

R233
G217
B255
Red233 (91.4%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue265.26°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness92.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E9 · G D9 · B FF

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