Colour

#EDE5FA

#EDE5FA
Violet
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#EDE5FA is a violet with RGB values 237, 229, 250 and HSL 263°, 68%, 94%. 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

#EDE5FA#EDE5FA

HEX#EDE5FA

RGBrgb(237, 229, 250)

RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.898, 0.9804

RGB percentages92.9%, 89.8%, 98%

HSLhsl(262.9, 67.7%, 93.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(262.9, 8.4%, 98%)

CMYK5.2%, 8.4%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,590,906

CSS custom property--colour: #EDE5FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80945WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness233.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.19:1

Contrast with white1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E8E8E8

Inverted#121A05

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E2E8FBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original

Deuteranopia#E3E8F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original

Tritanopia#EBE8ECno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9 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 text17.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 2.8 Lavender blush · ΔE 9.5 Ghost white · ΔE 9.7 Alice blue · ΔE 10.6 Gainsboro · ΔE 12.1 White smoke · ΔE 12.1

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 2.84, a close match

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F2FAE5

Analogous#E5E8FA, #F8E5FA

Triadic#FAEDE5, #E5FAED

Split complementary#FAF8E5, #E8FAE5

Tetradic#FAE5E8, #F2FAE5, #E5FAF8

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%#CFBAF2

Darker −20%#B28FEA

Darker −30%#9465E1

Darker −40%#773AD9

More saturated +25%#ECE1FE

Less saturated −25%#EEE9F6

Channel breakdown

R237

G229

B250

Red237 (92.9%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue250 (98%)

Hue262.86°

Saturation (HSL)67.74%

Lightness93.92%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR ED · G E5 · B FA

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Colour values

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