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Recognised as Colour

#EAE5EE

  • #EAE5EE
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#EAE5EE is a violet with RGB values 234, 229, 238 and HSL 273°, 21%, 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

#EAE5EE#EAE5EE
HEX#EAE5EE
RGBrgb(234, 229, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.9176, 0.898, 0.9333
RGB percentages91.8%, 89.8%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(273.3, 20.9%, 91.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.3, 3.8%, 93.3%)
CMYK1.7%, 3.8%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,394,286
CSS custom property--colour: #EAE5EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79704WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness231.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.94:1
Contrast with white1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E7E7E7
Inverted#151A11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E4E6EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#E5E7EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Tritanopia#EAE6E8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.6 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 text16.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 5.9Lavender blush · ΔE 6.1Gainsboro · ΔE 6.3Ghost white · ΔE 6.5White smoke · ΔE 7.1Alice blue · ΔE 7.3
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 5.92, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9EEE5
Analogous#E6E5EE, #EEE5EE
Triadic#EEEAE5, #E5EEEA
Split complementary#EEEEE5, #E5EEE6
Tetradic#EEE6E5, #E9EEE5, #E5EEEE

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%#D1C6DA
Darker −20%#B8A7C6
Darker −30%#9F88B2
Darker −40%#866A9D
More saturated +25%#EBE0F3
Less saturated −25%#EAEAEA

Channel breakdown

R234
G229
B238
Red234 (91.8%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue273.33°
Saturation (HSL)20.93%
Lightness91.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR EA · G E5 · B EE

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