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Recognised as Colour

#EEDAF9

  • #EEDAF9
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#EEDAF9 is a violet with RGB values 238, 218, 249 and HSL 279°, 72%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#EEDAF9#EEDAF9
HEX#EEDAF9
RGBrgb(238, 218, 249)
RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.8549, 0.9765
RGB percentages93.3%, 85.5%, 97.6%
HSLhsl(278.7, 72.1%, 91.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278.7, 12.4%, 97.6%)
CMYK4.4%, 12.4%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,653,625
CSS custom property--colour: #EEDAF9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7516WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness227.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.03:1
Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0
Inverted#112506

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D6E0FAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#DAE1F8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.3 from the original
Tritanopia#EDDDE4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 9.4Thistle · ΔE 10Lavender blush · ΔE 15.1Ghost white · ΔE 16.7Gainsboro · ΔE 17.7Light steelblue · ΔE 17.7
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 9.44, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E5F9DA
Analogous#DFDAF9, #F9DAF4
Triadic#F9EEDA, #DAF9EE
Split complementary#F4F9DA, #DAF9DF
Tetradic#F9DFDA, #E5F9DA, #DAF4F9

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%#DAAEF2
Darker −20%#C682EB
Darker −30%#B256E4
Darker −40%#9D2ADD
More saturated +25%#F0D5FE
Less saturated −25%#ECDFF4

Channel breakdown

R238
G218
B249
Red238 (93.3%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue249 (97.6%)
Hue278.71°
Saturation (HSL)72.09%
Lightness91.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR EE · G DA · B F9

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