Colour

#EECBFF

#EECBFF
Violet
Light
Nearest: Thistle

#EECBFF is a violet with RGB values 238, 203, 255 and HSL 280°, 100%, 90%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#EECBFF#EECBFF

HEX#EECBFF

RGBrgb(238, 203, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.7961, 1

RGB percentages93.3%, 79.6%, 100%

HSLhsl(280.4, 100%, 89.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(280.4, 20.4%, 100%)

CMYK6.7%, 20.4%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,649,791

CSS custom property--colour: #EECBFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68109WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness220.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.62:1

Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6

Inverted#113400

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C4D5FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#CBD8FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.3 from the original

Tritanopia#EDD1DDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 15.5 Plum · ΔE 16.9 Lavender · ΔE 21.7 Pink · ΔE 24.5 Light steelblue · ΔE 24.6 Light pink · ΔE 27.2

Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 15.45, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DCFFCB

Analogous#D4CBFF, #FFCBF6

Triadic#FFEECB, #CBFFEE

Split complementary#F6FFCB, #CBFFD4

Tetradic#FFD4CB, #DCFFCB, #CBF6FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FFFEFF

Darker −10%#DD98FF

Darker −20%#CD65FF

Darker −30%#BC32FF

Darker −40%#AB00FE

More saturated +25%#EECBFF

Less saturated −25%#ECD2F9

Channel breakdown

R238

G203

B255

Red238 (93.3%)

Green203 (79.6%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue280.38°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness89.8%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR EE · G CB · B FF

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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