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Recognised as Colour

#EAE8EC

  • #EAE8EC
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: White smoke

#EAE8EC is a violet with RGB values 234, 232, 236 and HSL 270°, 10%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is White smoke.

Colour values

#EAE8EC#EAE8EC
HEX#EAE8EC
RGBrgb(234, 232, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.9176, 0.9098, 0.9255
RGB percentages91.8%, 91%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(270, 9.5%, 91.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270, 1.7%, 92.5%)
CMYK0.8%, 1.7%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,395,052
CSS custom property--colour: #EAE8EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81262WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness233.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.25:1
Contrast with white1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E9E9E9
Inverted#151713

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E7E9ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#E8E9ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Tritanopia#EAE8E9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.22:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

White smoke · ΔE 4.8Gainsboro · ΔE 5Ghost white · ΔE 5.8Lavender blush · ΔE 6Alice blue · ΔE 6.2Snow · ΔE 6.8
Nearest named CSS colourWhite smoke (#F5F5F5)ΔE 4.82, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EAECE8
Analogous#E8E8EC, #ECE8EC
Triadic#ECEAE8, #E8ECEA
Split complementary#ECECE8, #E8ECE8
Tetradic#ECE8E8, #EAECE8, #E8ECEC

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%#D0CCD5
Darker −20%#B7B0BE
Darker −30%#9D94A7
Darker −40%#847890
More saturated +25%#EAE3F1
Less saturated −25%#EAEAEA

Channel breakdown

R234
G232
B236
Red234 (91.8%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue270°
Saturation (HSL)9.52%
Lightness91.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR EA · G E8 · B EC

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