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Recognised as Colour

#F2D8FD

  • #F2D8FD
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#F2D8FD is a violet with RGB values 242, 216, 253 and HSL 282°, 90%, 92%. 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

#F2D8FD#F2D8FD
HEX#F2D8FD
RGBrgb(242, 216, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.949, 0.8471, 0.9922
RGB percentages94.9%, 84.7%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(282.2, 90.2%, 92%)
HSV / HSBhsv(282.2, 14.6%, 99.2%)
CMYK4.3%, 14.6%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,915,261
CSS custom property--colour: #F2D8FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75081WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness228.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.02:1
Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0
Inverted#0D2702

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D4DFFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13 from the original
Deuteranopia#D9E2FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.5 from the original
Tritanopia#F2DCE4no 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 text16.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 11.1Lavender · ΔE 13Lavender blush · ΔE 18.3Ghost white · ΔE 20Light steelblue · ΔE 20Pink · ΔE 20.8
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 11.07, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E3FDD8
Analogous#DFD8FD, #FDD8F6
Triadic#FDF2D8, #D8FDF2
Split complementary#F6FDD8, #D8FDE0
Tetradic#FDE0D8, #E3FDD8, #D8F6FD

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%#E2A7FB
Darker −20%#D277F8
Darker −30%#C146F6
Darker −40%#B116F3
More saturated +25%#F3D6FF
Less saturated −25%#F0DDF8

Channel breakdown

R242
G216
B253
Red242 (94.9%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue282.16°
Saturation (HSL)90.24%
Lightness91.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR F2 · G D8 · B FD

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