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Recognised as Colour

#EFD9FF

  • #EFD9FF
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#EFD9FF is a violet with RGB values 239, 217, 255 and HSL 275°, 100%, 93%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#EFD9FF#EFD9FF
HEX#EFD9FF
RGBrgb(239, 217, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.9373, 0.851, 1
RGB percentages93.7%, 85.1%, 100%
HSLhsl(274.7, 100%, 92.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274.7, 14.9%, 100%)
CMYK6.3%, 14.9%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,718,911
CSS custom property--colour: #EFD9FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75196WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness228.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.04:1
Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0
Inverted#102600

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D4E0FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#D8E1FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.7 from the original
Tritanopia#EEDDE6no 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 text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 11.5Lavender · ΔE 12.5Lavender blush · ΔE 18.5Light steelblue · ΔE 19.1Ghost white · ΔE 19.8Alice blue · ΔE 20.9
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 11.48, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9FFD9
Analogous#DCD9FF, #FFD9FC
Triadic#FFEFD9, #D9FFEF
Split complementary#FCFFD9, #D9FFDC
Tetradic#FFDCD9, #E9FFD9, #D9FCFF

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%#DAA6FF
Darker −20%#C473FF
Darker −30%#AF40FF
Darker −40%#990DFF
More saturated +25%#EFD9FF
Less saturated −25%#EEDEFA

Channel breakdown

R239
G217
B255
Red239 (93.7%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue274.74°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness92.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR EF · G D9 · B FF

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