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Recognised as Colour

#EBC9FD

  • #EBC9FD
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#EBC9FD is a violet with RGB values 235, 201, 253 and HSL 279°, 93%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#EBC9FD#EBC9FD
HEX#EBC9FD
RGBrgb(235, 201, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.9216, 0.7882, 0.9922
RGB percentages92.2%, 78.8%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(279.2, 92.9%, 89%)
HSV / HSBhsv(279.2, 20.6%, 99.2%)
CMYK7.1%, 20.6%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,452,669
CSS custom property--colour: #EBC9FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66527WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness218 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.31:1
Contrast with white1.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4
Inverted#143602

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C2D3FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#C9D6FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18 from the original
Tritanopia#EACFDBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.47:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 15.1Plum · ΔE 16.5Lavender · ΔE 21.8Light steelblue · ΔE 24.2Pink · ΔE 24.6Light pink · ΔE 27.3
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 15.14, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DBFDC9
Analogous#D1C9FD, #FDC9F5
Triadic#FDEBC9, #C9FDEB
Split complementary#F5FDC9, #C9FDD1
Tetradic#FDD1C9, #DBFDC9, #C9F5FD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FDFAFF
Darker −10%#D998FB
Darker −20%#C767F9
Darker −30%#B435F8
Darker −40%#A109F1
More saturated +25%#ECC7FF
Less saturated −25%#E9D0F6

Channel breakdown

R235
G201
B253
Red235 (92.2%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue279.23°
Saturation (HSL)92.86%
Lightness89.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR EB · G C9 · B FD

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