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Recognised as Colour

#ECD6F9

  • #ECD6F9
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#ECD6F9 is a violet with RGB values 236, 214, 249 and HSL 278°, 74%, 91%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#ECD6F9#ECD6F9
HEX#ECD6F9
RGBrgb(236, 214, 249)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.8392, 0.9765
RGB percentages92.5%, 83.9%, 97.6%
HSLhsl(277.7, 74.5%, 90.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(277.7, 14.1%, 97.6%)
CMYK5.2%, 14.1%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,521,529
CSS custom property--colour: #ECD6F9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72766WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness225 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.55:1
Contrast with white1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD
Inverted#132906

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D2DCFBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#D6DEF8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.5 from the original
Tritanopia#EBDAE2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 9.7Lavender · ΔE 11.7Lavender blush · ΔE 17.6Light steelblue · ΔE 18.1Ghost white · ΔE 19.1Gainsboro · ΔE 19.9
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 9.71, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E3F9D6
Analogous#DBD6F9, #F9D6F4
Triadic#F9ECD6, #D6F9EC
Split complementary#F4F9D6, #D6F9DB
Tetradic#F9DBD6, #E3F9D6, #D6F4F9

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%#D7AAF2
Darker −20%#C37DEC
Darker −30%#AE51E5
Darker −40%#9A24DF
More saturated +25%#EED0FF
Less saturated −25%#EADCF3

Channel breakdown

R236
G214
B249
Red236 (92.5%)
Green214 (83.9%)
Blue249 (97.6%)
Hue277.71°
Saturation (HSL)74.47%
Lightness90.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR EC · G D6 · B F9

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