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Recognised as Colour

#EDE6F9

  • #EDE6F9
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#EDE6F9 is a violet with RGB values 237, 230, 249 and HSL 262°, 61%, 94%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#EDE6F9#EDE6F9
HEX#EDE6F9
RGBrgb(237, 230, 249)
RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.902, 0.9765
RGB percentages92.9%, 90.2%, 97.6%
HSLhsl(262.1, 61.3%, 93.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.1, 7.6%, 97.6%)
CMYK4.8%, 7.6%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,591,161
CSS custom property--colour: #EDE6F9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81438WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness234.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.29:1
Contrast with white1.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E9E9E9
Inverted#121906

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E3E9FAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#E4E9F8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Tritanopia#EBE8ECno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.21:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 2.5Lavender blush · ΔE 8.6Ghost white · ΔE 8.7Alice blue · ΔE 9.5White smoke · ΔE 11Gainsboro · ΔE 11.1
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 2.51, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F2F9E6
Analogous#E6E8F9, #F7E6F9
Triadic#F9EDE6, #E6F9ED
Split complementary#F9F7E6, #E9F9E6
Tetradic#F9E6E9, #F2F9E6, #E6F9F7

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%#CFBDEF
Darker −20%#B294E5
Darker −30%#946BDB
Darker −40%#7741D2
More saturated +25%#ECE2FD
Less saturated −25%#EEEAF5

Channel breakdown

R237
G230
B249
Red237 (92.9%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue249 (97.6%)
Hue262.11°
Saturation (HSL)61.29%
Lightness93.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR ED · G E6 · B F9

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