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Recognised as Colour

#EDDCFC

  • #EDDCFC
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#EDDCFC is a violet with RGB values 237, 220, 252 and HSL 272°, 84%, 93%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#EDDCFC#EDDCFC
HEX#EDDCFC
RGBrgb(237, 220, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.8627, 0.9882
RGB percentages92.9%, 86.3%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(271.9, 84.2%, 92.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(271.9, 12.7%, 98.8%)
CMYK6%, 12.7%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,588,604
CSS custom property--colour: #EDDCFC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76219WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness229 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.24:1
Contrast with white1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E2E2E2
Inverted#122303

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D7E1FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#DBE3FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.7 from the original
Tritanopia#EBE0E6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.29:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 8.9Thistle · ΔE 10.9Lavender blush · ΔE 15.3Ghost white · ΔE 16.4Light steelblue · ΔE 17.3Alice blue · ΔE 17.4
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 8.91, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EBFCDC
Analogous#DDDCFC, #FCDCFB
Triadic#FCEDDC, #DCFCED
Split complementary#FBFCDC, #DCFCDD
Tetradic#FCDDDC, #EBFCDC, #DCFBFC

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%#D5ADF8
Darker −20%#BD7EF4
Darker −30%#A54FF0
Darker −40%#8C20EC
More saturated +25%#EDD9FF
Less saturated −25%#EDE1F7

Channel breakdown

R237
G220
B252
Red237 (92.9%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue271.88°
Saturation (HSL)84.21%
Lightness92.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR ED · G DC · B FC

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