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Recognised as Colour

#ECD9FE

  • #ECD9FE
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#ECD9FE is a violet with RGB values 236, 217, 254 and HSL 271°, 95%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#ECD9FE#ECD9FE
HEX#ECD9FE
RGBrgb(236, 217, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.851, 0.9961
RGB percentages92.5%, 85.1%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(270.8, 94.9%, 92.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270.8, 14.6%, 99.6%)
CMYK7.1%, 14.6%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,522,302
CSS custom property--colour: #ECD9FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74614WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness227.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.92:1
Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0
Inverted#132601

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D4DFFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#D7E0FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original
Tritanopia#EADDE5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 11.1Lavender · ΔE 11.5Light steelblue · ΔE 18Lavender blush · ΔE 18.1Ghost white · ΔE 19.1Alice blue · ΔE 20.1
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 11.14, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EBFED9
Analogous#DAD9FE, #FED9FE
Triadic#FEECD9, #D9FEEC
Split complementary#FEFED9, #D9FEDA
Tetradic#FEDAD9, #EBFED9, #D9FEFE

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%#D3A7FD
Darker −20%#BA76FB
Darker −30%#A144FA
Darker −40%#8912F9
More saturated +25%#ECD8FF
Less saturated −25%#ECDEF9

Channel breakdown

R236
G217
B254
Red236 (92.5%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue270.81°
Saturation (HSL)94.87%
Lightness92.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR EC · G D9 · B FE

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