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Recognised as Colour

#ECCCF9

  • #ECCCF9
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#ECCCF9 is a violet with RGB values 236, 204, 249 and HSL 283°, 79%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#ECCCF9#ECCCF9
HEX#ECCCF9
RGBrgb(236, 204, 249)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.8, 0.9765
RGB percentages92.5%, 80%, 97.6%
HSLhsl(282.7, 78.9%, 88.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(282.7, 18.1%, 97.6%)
CMYK5.2%, 18.1%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,518,969
CSS custom property--colour: #ECCCF9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67858WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness219.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.57:1
Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6
Inverted#133306

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C7D5FBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#CDD8F7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.7 from the original
Tritanopia#ECD1DBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 12Lavender · ΔE 18.4Plum · ΔE 18.8Light steelblue · ΔE 21.9Pink · ΔE 21.9Lavender blush · ΔE 24
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 12.01, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D9F9CC
Analogous#D6CCF9, #F9CCEF
Triadic#F9ECCC, #CCF9EC
Split complementary#EFF9CC, #CCF9D5
Tetradic#F9D6CC, #D9F9CC, #CCEFF9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FDFAFE
Darker −10%#DB9EF4
Darker −20%#CA71EE
Darker −30%#B943E9
Darker −40%#A61ADF
More saturated +25%#EFC6FF
Less saturated −25%#E9D3F2

Channel breakdown

R236
G204
B249
Red236 (92.5%)
Green204 (80%)
Blue249 (97.6%)
Hue282.67°
Saturation (HSL)78.95%
Lightness88.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR EC · G CC · B F9

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