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Recognised as Colour

#ECE6F5

  • #ECE6F5
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#ECE6F5 is a violet with RGB values 236, 230, 245 and HSL 264°, 43%, 93%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#ECE6F5#ECE6F5
HEX#ECE6F5
RGBrgb(236, 230, 245)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.902, 0.9608
RGB percentages92.5%, 90.2%, 96.1%
HSLhsl(264, 42.9%, 93.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264, 6.1%, 96.1%)
CMYK3.7%, 6.1%, 0%, 3.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,525,621
CSS custom property--colour: #ECE6F5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81019WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness233.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.2:1
Contrast with white1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E8E8E8
Inverted#13190A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E4E8F6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#E5E8F4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Tritanopia#EBE8EBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.22:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 3.3Lavender blush · ΔE 7.2Ghost white · ΔE 7.3Alice blue · ΔE 8.2Gainsboro · ΔE 9.2White smoke · ΔE 9.2
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 3.3, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFF5E6
Analogous#E6E8F5, #F4E6F5
Triadic#F5ECE6, #E6F5EC
Split complementary#F5F4E6, #E8F5E6
Tetradic#F5E6E8, #EFF5E6, #E6F5F4

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%#D0C2E6
Darker −20%#B59DD8
Darker −30%#9979C9
Darker −40%#7D54BB
More saturated +25%#EBE2F9
Less saturated −25%#EDEAF1

Channel breakdown

R236
G230
B245
Red236 (92.5%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue245 (96.1%)
Hue264°
Saturation (HSL)42.86%
Lightness93.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR EC · G E6 · B F5

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