Recognised as Colour

#EDE4FD

#EDE4FD
Violet
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#EDE4FD is a violet with RGB values 237, 228, 253 and HSL 262°, 86%, 94%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#EDE4FD#EDE4FD

HEX#EDE4FD

RGBrgb(237, 228, 253)

RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.8941, 0.9922

RGB percentages92.9%, 89.4%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(261.6, 86.2%, 94.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(261.6, 9.9%, 99.2%)

CMYK6.3%, 9.9%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,590,653

CSS custom property--colour: #EDE4FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80583WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness233.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.12:1

Contrast with white1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E8E8E8

Inverted#121B02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E0E8FEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#E1E8FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original

Tritanopia#EBE7ECno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 4.1 Lavender blush · ΔE 11.3 Ghost white · ΔE 11.5 Alice blue · ΔE 12.3 Thistle · ΔE 13.3 Gainsboro · ΔE 14

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 4.09, a close match

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#F4FDE4

Analogous#E4E7FD, #FAE4FD

Triadic#FDEDE4, #E4FDED

Split complementary#FDFAE4, #E7FDE4

Tetradic#FDE4E7, #F4FDE4, #E4FDFA

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%#CDB5F9

Darker −20%#AE85F6

Darker −30%#8E56F2

Darker −40%#6E26EF

More saturated +25%#ECE2FF

Less saturated −25%#EEE8F9

Channel breakdown

R237

G228

B253

Red237 (92.9%)

Green228 (89.4%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue261.6°

Saturation (HSL)86.21%

Lightness94.31%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR ED · G E4 · B FD

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Colour values

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