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Recognised as Colour

#EED8FD

  • #EED8FD
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#EED8FD is a violet with RGB values 238, 216, 253 and HSL 276°, 90%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#EED8FD#EED8FD
HEX#EED8FD
RGBrgb(238, 216, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.8471, 0.9922
RGB percentages93.3%, 84.7%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(275.7, 90.2%, 92%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275.7, 14.6%, 99.2%)
CMYK5.9%, 14.6%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,653,117
CSS custom property--colour: #EED8FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74381WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness227.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.88:1
Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF
Inverted#112702

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D3DFFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#D7E0FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.7 from the original
Tritanopia#EDDCE4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 10.9Lavender · ΔE 12.2Lavender blush · ΔE 18.2Light steelblue · ΔE 18.8Ghost white · ΔE 19.6Alice blue · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 10.88, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E7FDD8
Analogous#DCD8FD, #FDD8FA
Triadic#FDEED8, #D8FDEE
Split complementary#FAFDD8, #D8FDDC
Tetradic#FDDCD8, #E7FDD8, #D8FAFD

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%#D9A7FB
Darker −20%#C477F8
Darker −30%#AF46F6
Darker −40%#9916F3
More saturated +25%#EED6FF
Less saturated −25%#EDDDF8

Channel breakdown

R238
G216
B253
Red238 (93.3%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue275.68°
Saturation (HSL)90.24%
Lightness91.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR EE · G D8 · B FD

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