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Colour

#FAF5FF

  • #FAF5FF
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Ghost white

#FAF5FF is a violet with RGB values 250, 245, 255 and HSL 270°, 100%, 98%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Ghost white.

Colour values

#FAF5FF#FAF5FF
HEX#FAF5FF
RGBrgb(250, 245, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9608, 1
RGB percentages98%, 96.1%, 100%
HSLhsl(270, 100%, 98%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270, 3.9%, 100%)
CMYK2%, 3.9%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,446,975
CSS custom property--colour: #FAF5FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.92849WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness247.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.57:1
Contrast with white1.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black19.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#F7F7F7
Inverted#050A00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F4F7FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Deuteranopia#F5F7FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Tritanopia#F9F6F8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.07:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text19.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Ghost white · ΔE 2.4Lavender blush · ΔE 4.5Alice blue · ΔE 4.8Snow · ΔE 5.3White smoke · ΔE 5.5White · ΔE 6.1
Nearest named CSS colourGhost white (#F8F8FF)ΔE 2.41, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FAFFF5
Analogous#F5F5FF, #FFF5FF
Triadic#FFFAF5, #F5FFFA
Split complementary#FFFFF5, #F5FFF5
Tetradic#FFF5F5, #FAFFF5, #F5FFFF

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%#E0C2FF
Darker −20%#C78FFF
Darker −30%#AD5CFF
Darker −40%#9429FF
More saturated +25%#FAF5FF
Less saturated −25%#FAF6FE

Channel breakdown

R250
G245
B255
Red250 (98%)
Green245 (96.1%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue270°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness98.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR FA · G F5 · B FF

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