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Recognised as Colour

#F9E6FE

  • #F9E6FE
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#F9E6FE is a violet with RGB values 249, 230, 254 and HSL 287°, 92%, 95%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#F9E6FE#F9E6FE
HEX#F9E6FE
RGBrgb(249, 230, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.9765, 0.902, 0.9961
RGB percentages97.6%, 90.2%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(287.5, 92.3%, 94.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(287.5, 9.4%, 99.6%)
CMYK2%, 9.4%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,377,598
CSS custom property--colour: #F9E6FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.83889WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness238.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.78:1
Contrast with white1.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ECECEC
Inverted#061901

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E4EBFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#E8EDFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.4 from the original
Tritanopia#F9E8EEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.18:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 7.1Lavender blush · ΔE 10.2Ghost white · ΔE 11.9Alice blue · ΔE 13.5Thistle · ΔE 13.6Misty rose · ΔE 14.2
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 7.11, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EBFEE6
Analogous#EDE6FE, #FEE6F7
Triadic#FEF9E6, #E6FEF9
Split complementary#F7FEE6, #E6FEED
Tetradic#FEEDE6, #EBFEE6, #E6F7FE

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%#EDB5FC
Darker −20%#E184FA
Darker −30%#D653F8
Darker −40%#CA22F6
More saturated +25%#FAE5FF
Less saturated −25%#F7E9FB

Channel breakdown

R249
G230
B254
Red249 (97.6%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue287.5°
Saturation (HSL)92.31%
Lightness94.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR F9 · G E6 · B FE

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