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Recognised as Colour

#FAECFF

  • #FAECFF
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#FAECFF is a violet with RGB values 250, 236, 255 and HSL 284°, 100%, 96%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#FAECFF#FAECFF
HEX#FAECFF
RGBrgb(250, 236, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9255, 1
RGB percentages98%, 92.5%, 100%
HSLhsl(284.2, 100%, 96.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(284.2, 7.5%, 100%)
CMYK2%, 7.5%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,444,671
CSS custom property--colour: #FAECFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.87535WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness242.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.51:1
Contrast with white1.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black18.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#F0F0F0
Inverted#051300

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EAF0FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#EDF1FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original
Tritanopia#FAEEF2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.13:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text18.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 5.8Lavender blush · ΔE 7.3Ghost white · ΔE 8.4Alice blue · ΔE 10.2Snow · ΔE 10.9White smoke · ΔE 11.1
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 5.79, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F1FFEC
Analogous#F1ECFF, #FFECFB
Triadic#FFFAEC, #ECFFFA
Split complementary#FBFFEC, #ECFFF1
Tetradic#FFF1EC, #F1FFEC, #ECFBFF

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%#EDB9FF
Darker −20%#DF86FF
Darker −30%#D253FF
Darker −40%#C420FF
More saturated +25%#FAECFF
Less saturated −25%#F9EEFD

Channel breakdown

R250
G236
B255
Red250 (98%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue284.21°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness96.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR FA · G EC · B FF

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