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Recognised as Colour

#F6EAF9

  • #F6EAF9
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#F6EAF9 is a violet with RGB values 246, 234, 249 and HSL 288°, 56%, 95%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#F6EAF9#F6EAF9
HEX#F6EAF9
RGBrgb(246, 234, 249)
RGB (0–1)0.9647, 0.9176, 0.9765
RGB percentages96.5%, 91.8%, 97.6%
HSLhsl(288, 55.6%, 94.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(288, 6%, 97.6%)
CMYK1.2%, 6%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,182,009
CSS custom property--colour: #F6EAF9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.85278WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness239.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.06:1
Contrast with white1.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black18.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EEEEEE
Inverted#091506

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E9EDFAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#EBEEF8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Tritanopia#F6EBEFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.16:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text18.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 5.3Lavender blush · ΔE 5.6Ghost white · ΔE 7Alice blue · ΔE 8.8White smoke · ΔE 9.2Snow · ΔE 9.3
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 5.34, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDF9EA
Analogous#EFEAF9, #F9EAF5
Triadic#F9F6EA, #EAF9F6
Split complementary#F4F9EA, #EAF9EF
Tetradic#F9EFEA, #EDF9EA, #EAF5F9

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%#E5C2EE
Darker −20%#D49BE2
Darker −30%#C373D7
Darker −40%#B24BCC
More saturated +25%#F8E7FC
Less saturated −25%#F4EDF6

Channel breakdown

R246
G234
B249
Red246 (96.5%)
Green234 (91.8%)
Blue249 (97.6%)
Hue288°
Saturation (HSL)55.56%
Lightness94.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR F6 · G EA · B F9

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