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Recognised as Colour

#F0E0FA

  • #F0E0FA
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#F0E0FA is a violet with RGB values 240, 224, 250 and HSL 277°, 72%, 93%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#F0E0FA#F0E0FA
HEX#F0E0FA
RGBrgb(240, 224, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.9412, 0.8784, 0.9804
RGB percentages94.1%, 87.8%, 98%
HSLhsl(276.9, 72.2%, 92.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(276.9, 10.4%, 98%)
CMYK4%, 10.4%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,786,234
CSS custom property--colour: #F0E0FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78739WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness231.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.75:1
Contrast with white1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5
Inverted#0F1F05

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DDE5FBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#E0E6F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Tritanopia#EFE3E8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.25:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 6.5Thistle · ΔE 11.6Lavender blush · ΔE 12Ghost white · ΔE 13.2Alice blue · ΔE 14.4Gainsboro · ΔE 15
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 6.48, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EAFAE0
Analogous#E3E0FA, #FAE0F7
Triadic#FAF0E0, #E0FAF0
Split complementary#F7FAE0, #E0FAE3
Tetradic#FAE3E0, #EAFAE0, #E0F7FA

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%#DBB4F3
Darker −20%#C588EC
Darker −30%#B05CE5
Darker −40%#9B30DE
More saturated +25%#F1DBFF
Less saturated −25%#EFE4F6

Channel breakdown

R240
G224
B250
Red240 (94.1%)
Green224 (87.8%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue276.92°
Saturation (HSL)72.22%
Lightness92.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR F0 · G E0 · B FA

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