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Recognised as Colour

#F4E6FC

  • #F4E6FC
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#F4E6FC is a violet with RGB values 244, 230, 252 and HSL 278°, 79%, 95%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#F4E6FC#F4E6FC
HEX#F4E6FC
RGBrgb(244, 230, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.9569, 0.902, 0.9882
RGB percentages95.7%, 90.2%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(278.2, 78.6%, 94.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278.2, 8.7%, 98.8%)
CMYK3.2%, 8.7%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,049,916
CSS custom property--colour: #F4E6FC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.82855WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness236.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.57:1
Contrast with white1.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EBEBEB
Inverted#0B1903

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E3EAFDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#E6EBFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Tritanopia#F4E8EDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 5.1Lavender blush · ΔE 9.3Ghost white · ΔE 10.4Alice blue · ΔE 11.8White smoke · ΔE 12.9Snow · ΔE 13.1
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 5.1, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEFCE6
Analogous#E9E6FC, #FCE6F9
Triadic#FCF4E6, #E6FCF4
Split complementary#F9FCE6, #E6FCE9
Tetradic#FCE9E6, #EEFCE6, #E6F9FC

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%#E0B8F7
Darker −20%#CC8BF1
Darker −30%#B85DEC
Darker −40%#A430E6
More saturated +25%#F5E3FF
Less saturated −25%#F3E9F8

Channel breakdown

R244
G230
B252
Red244 (95.7%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue278.18°
Saturation (HSL)78.57%
Lightness94.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR F4 · G E6 · B FC

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