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Recognised as Colour

#EDE8FB

  • #EDE8FB
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#EDE8FB is a violet with RGB values 237, 232, 251 and HSL 256°, 70%, 95%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#EDE8FB#EDE8FB
HEX#EDE8FB
RGBrgb(237, 232, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.9098, 0.9843
RGB percentages92.9%, 91%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(255.8, 70.4%, 94.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(255.8, 7.6%, 98.4%)
CMYK5.6%, 7.6%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,591,675
CSS custom property--colour: #EDE8FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.82683WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness235.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.54:1
Contrast with white1.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EAEAEA
Inverted#121704

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E5EBFCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original
Deuteranopia#E5EAFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Tritanopia#EBEBEEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 2.1Ghost white · ΔE 8.1Lavender blush · ΔE 8.6Alice blue · ΔE 8.9White smoke · ΔE 10.6Gainsboro · ΔE 11.2
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 2.07, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F6FBE8
Analogous#E8EDFB, #F6E8FB
Triadic#FBEDE8, #E8FBED
Split complementary#FBF6E8, #EDFBE8
Tetradic#FBE8ED, #F6FBE8, #E8FBF6

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%#CBBDF3
Darker −20%#A991EC
Darker −30%#8766E4
Darker −40%#653ADD
More saturated +25%#EBE5FE
Less saturated −25%#EFEBF8

Channel breakdown

R237
G232
B251
Red237 (92.9%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue255.79°
Saturation (HSL)70.37%
Lightness94.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR ED · G E8 · B FB

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