Recognised as Colour

#EEAAFD

#EEAAFD
Violet
Light
Nearest: Plum

#EEAAFD is a violet with RGB values 238, 170, 253 and HSL 289°, 95%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#EEAAFD#EEAAFD

HEX#EEAAFD

RGBrgb(238, 170, 253)

RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.6667, 0.9922

RGB percentages93.3%, 66.7%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(289.2, 95.4%, 82.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(289.2, 32.8%, 99.2%)

CMYK5.9%, 32.8%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,641,341

CSS custom property--colour: #EEAAFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54018WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness203 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.8:1

Contrast with white1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE

Inverted#115502

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A0BDFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33 from the original

Deuteranopia#B0C5FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34 from the original

Tritanopia#EFB3C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 12.3 Violet · ΔE 20.6 Orchid · ΔE 23.1 Medium purple · ΔE 30.1 Thistle · ΔE 33.7 Hot pink · ΔE 35.5

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 12.28, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B9FDAA

Analogous#C4AAFD, #FDAAE3

Triadic#FDEEAA, #AAFDEE

Split complementary#E3FDAA, #AAFDC4

Tetradic#FDC4AA, #B9FDAA, #AAE3FD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F8DCFE

Darker −10%#E478FC

Darker −20%#DA46FB

Darker −30%#D015F9

Darker −40%#B005D6

More saturated +25%#EFA8FF

Less saturated −25%#E7B5F2

Channel breakdown

R238

G170

B253

Red238 (93.3%)

Green170 (66.7%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue289.16°

Saturation (HSL)95.4%

Lightness82.94%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR EE · G AA · B FD

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