Colour

#ECC6FF

#ECC6FF
Violet
Light
Nearest: Plum

#ECC6FF is a violet with RGB values 236, 198, 255 and HSL 280°, 100%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#ECC6FF#ECC6FF

HEX#ECC6FF

RGBrgb(236, 198, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.7765, 1

RGB percentages92.5%, 77.6%, 100%

HSLhsl(280, 100%, 88.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(280, 22.4%, 100%)

CMYK7.5%, 22.4%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,517,439

CSS custom property--colour: #ECC6FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65441WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness217 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.09:1

Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2

Inverted#133900

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BED1FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#C6D5FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.3 from the original

Tritanopia#EBCDDAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 14.6 Thistle · ΔE 17.7 Lavender · ΔE 24.8 Pink · ΔE 26.3 Light steelblue · ΔE 26.7 Light pink · ΔE 28.6

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 14.56, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D9FFC6

Analogous#D0C6FF, #FFC6F5

Triadic#FFECC6, #C6FFEC

Split complementary#F5FFC6, #C6FFCF

Tetradic#FFCFC6, #D9FFC6, #C6F5FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FDF9FF

Darker −10%#DB93FF

Darker −20%#CA60FF

Darker −30%#B92DFF

Darker −40%#A600F9

More saturated +25%#ECC6FF

Less saturated −25%#EACDF8

Channel breakdown

R236

G198

B255

Red236 (92.5%)

Green198 (77.6%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue280°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness88.82%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR EC · G C6 · B FF

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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