Recognised as Colour

#ECA5FF

#ECA5FF
Violet
Light
Nearest: Plum

#ECA5FF is a violet with RGB values 236, 165, 255 and HSL 287°, 100%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#ECA5FF#ECA5FF

HEX#ECA5FF

RGBrgb(236, 165, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.6471, 1

RGB percentages92.5%, 64.7%, 100%

HSLhsl(287.3, 100%, 82.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(287.3, 35.3%, 100%)

CMYK7.5%, 35.3%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,508,991

CSS custom property--colour: #ECA5FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51963WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness200.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.39:1

Contrast with white1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB

Inverted#135A00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#99BAFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#AAC1FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.5 from the original

Tritanopia#EDB0C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 15.5 Violet · ΔE 17.3 Orchid · ΔE 20.3 Medium purple · ΔE 27.6 Medium orchid · ΔE 32.5 Hot pink · ΔE 35.2

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 15.48, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#B8FFA5

Analogous#BFA5FF, #FFA5E5

Triadic#FFECA5, #A5FFEC

Split complementary#E5FFA5, #A5FFBF

Tetradic#FFBFA5, #B8FFA5, #A5E5FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F7D8FF

Darker −10%#E172FF

Darker −20%#D63FFF

Darker −30%#CC0CFF

Darker −40%#AA00D8

More saturated +25%#ECA5FF

Less saturated −25%#E5B0F4

Channel breakdown

R236

G165

B255

Red236 (92.5%)

Green165 (64.7%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue287.33°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness82.35%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR EC · G A5 · B FF

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Colour values

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Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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