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Recognised as Colour

#EFE6FA

  • #EFE6FA
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#EFE6FA is a violet with RGB values 239, 230, 250 and HSL 267°, 67%, 94%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#EFE6FA#EFE6FA
HEX#EFE6FA
RGBrgb(239, 230, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.9373, 0.902, 0.9804
RGB percentages93.7%, 90.2%, 98%
HSLhsl(267, 66.7%, 94.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(267, 8%, 98%)
CMYK4.4%, 8%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,722,234
CSS custom property--colour: #EFE6FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81846WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness235.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.37:1
Contrast with white1.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E9E9E9
Inverted#101905

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E3E9FBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#E5EAF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original
Tritanopia#EEE8ECno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.21:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 3.2Lavender blush · ΔE 8.8Ghost white · ΔE 9.2Alice blue · ΔE 10.2White smoke · ΔE 11.6Gainsboro · ΔE 11.8
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 3.19, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F1FAE6
Analogous#E6E7FA, #F9E6FA
Triadic#FAEFE6, #E6FAEF
Split complementary#FAF9E6, #E7FAE6
Tetradic#FAE6E7, #F1FAE6, #E6FAF9

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%#D4BBF1
Darker −20%#B991E9
Darker −30%#9D67E0
Darker −40%#823CD8
More saturated +25%#EFE2FE
Less saturated −25%#EFEAF6

Channel breakdown

R239
G230
B250
Red239 (93.7%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue267°
Saturation (HSL)66.67%
Lightness94.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR EF · G E6 · B FA

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