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Recognised as Colour

#E9DCFA

  • #E9DCFA
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#E9DCFA is a violet with RGB values 233, 220, 250 and HSL 266°, 75%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#E9DCFA#E9DCFA
HEX#E9DCFA
RGBrgb(233, 220, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.8627, 0.9804
RGB percentages91.4%, 86.3%, 98%
HSLhsl(266, 75%, 92.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266, 12%, 98%)
CMYK6.8%, 12%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,326,458
CSS custom property--colour: #E9DCFA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75412WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness227.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.08:1
Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1
Inverted#162305

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D7E1FBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#D9E1F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.9 from the original
Tritanopia#E7E0E6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 7.4Thistle · ΔE 10.7Lavender blush · ΔE 14.5Ghost white · ΔE 15.3Light steelblue · ΔE 15.9Alice blue · ΔE 16.1
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 7.36, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDFADC
Analogous#DCDEFA, #F8DCFA
Triadic#FAE9DC, #DCFAE9
Split complementary#FAF8DC, #DEFADC
Tetradic#FADCDE, #EDFADC, #DCFAF8

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%#CDAFF4
Darker −20%#B183ED
Darker −30%#9556E7
Darker −40%#792AE1
More saturated +25%#E8D7FF
Less saturated −25%#EAE1F5

Channel breakdown

R233
G220
B250
Red233 (91.4%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue266°
Saturation (HSL)75%
Lightness92.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E9 · G DC · B FA

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