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Recognised as Colour

#ECB7FD

  • #ECB7FD
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Plum

#ECB7FD is a violet with RGB values 236, 183, 253 and HSL 285°, 95%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#ECB7FD#ECB7FD
HEX#ECB7FD
RGBrgb(236, 183, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.7176, 0.9922
RGB percentages92.5%, 71.8%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(285.4, 94.6%, 85.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285.4, 27.7%, 99.2%)
CMYK6.7%, 27.7%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,513,597
CSS custom property--colour: #ECB7FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58792WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness208.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.76:1
Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7
Inverted#134802

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#AEC6FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#BACBFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.6 from the original
Tritanopia#ECBFD0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.65:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 9.53, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#C8FDB7
Analogous#C9B7FD, #FDB7EB
Triadic#FDECB7, #B7FDEC
Split complementary#EBFDB7, #B7FDC9
Tetradic#FDC9B7, #C8FDB7, #B7EBFD

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F9E9FE
Darker −10%#DF85FC
Darker −20%#D254FA
Darker −30%#C522F9
Darker −40%#AC06E2
More saturated +25%#EDB5FF
Less saturated −25%#E7C0F4

Channel breakdown

R236
G183
B253
Red236 (92.5%)
Green183 (71.8%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue285.43°
Saturation (HSL)94.59%
Lightness85.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR EC · G B7 · B FD

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