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Recognised as Colour

#EDE6FE

  • #EDE6FE
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#EDE6FE is a violet with RGB values 237, 230, 254 and HSL 258°, 92%, 95%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#EDE6FE#EDE6FE
HEX#EDE6FE
RGBrgb(237, 230, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.902, 0.9961
RGB percentages92.9%, 90.2%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(257.5, 92.3%, 94.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(257.5, 9.4%, 99.6%)
CMYK6.7%, 9.4%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,591,166
CSS custom property--colour: #EDE6FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81754WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness235 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.35:1
Contrast with white1.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E9E9E9
Inverted#121901

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E2E9FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#E3E9FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Tritanopia#EAE9EEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.1 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 text17.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 3.3Ghost white · ΔE 10.6Lavender blush · ΔE 10.8Alice blue · ΔE 11.4White smoke · ΔE 13.3Gainsboro · ΔE 13.5
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 3.27, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F7FEE6
Analogous#E6EBFE, #F9E6FE
Triadic#FEEDE6, #E6FEED
Split complementary#FEF9E6, #EBFEE6
Tetradic#FEE6EB, #F7FEE6, #E6FEF9

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%#CAB5FC
Darker −20%#A684FA
Darker −30%#8353F8
Darker −40%#6022F6
More saturated +25%#EDE5FF
Less saturated −25%#EEE9FB

Channel breakdown

R237
G230
B254
Red237 (92.9%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue257.5°
Saturation (HSL)92.31%
Lightness94.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR ED · G E6 · B FE

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