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Colour

#EBE5EE

  • #EBE5EE
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender blush

#EBE5EE is a violet with RGB values 235, 229, 238 and HSL 280°, 21%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender blush.

Colour values

#EBE5EE#EBE5EE
HEX#EBE5EE
RGBrgb(235, 229, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.9216, 0.898, 0.9333
RGB percentages92.2%, 89.8%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(280, 20.9%, 91.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280, 3.8%, 93.3%)
CMYK1.3%, 3.8%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,459,822
CSS custom property--colour: #EBE5EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79874WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness231.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.97:1
Contrast with white1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E7E7E7
Inverted#141A11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E4E7EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#E5E7EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Tritanopia#EBE6E8no 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 text16.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender blush · ΔE 5.8Lavender · ΔE 6Gainsboro · ΔE 6.4Ghost white · ΔE 6.6White smoke · ΔE 7.1Alice blue · ΔE 7.5
Nearest named CSS colourLavender blush (#FFF0F5)ΔE 5.84, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E8EEE5
Analogous#E7E5EE, #EEE5ED
Triadic#EEEBE5, #E5EEEB
Split complementary#EDEEE5, #E5EEE7
Tetradic#EEE7E5, #E8EEE5, #E5EDEE

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%#D3C6DA
Darker −20%#BCA7C6
Darker −30%#A488B2
Darker −40%#8C6A9D
More saturated +25%#EDE0F3
Less saturated −25%#EAEAEA

Channel breakdown

R235
G229
B238
Red235 (92.2%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue280°
Saturation (HSL)20.93%
Lightness91.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR EB · G E5 · B EE

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