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Recognised as Colour

#FAF6FD

  • #FAF6FD
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Ghost white

#FAF6FD is a violet with RGB values 250, 246, 253 and HSL 274°, 64%, 98%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Ghost white.

Colour values

#FAF6FD#FAF6FD
HEX#FAF6FD
RGBrgb(250, 246, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9647, 0.9922
RGB percentages98%, 96.5%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(274.3, 63.6%, 97.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274.3, 2.8%, 99.2%)
CMYK1.2%, 2.8%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,447,229
CSS custom property--colour: #FAF6FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.93327WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness248 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.67:1
Contrast with white1.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black19.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#F7F7F7
Inverted#050902

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F5F7FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#F6F7FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Tritanopia#FAF7F8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.1 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 text19.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Ghost white · ΔE 1.4Snow · ΔE 3.8White smoke · ΔE 3.9Alice blue · ΔE 4.2Lavender blush · ΔE 4.2White · ΔE 4.7
Nearest named CSS colourGhost white (#F8F8FF)ΔE 1.45, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F9FDF6
Analogous#F6F6FD, #FDF6FD
Triadic#FDFAF6, #F6FDFA
Split complementary#FDFDF6, #F6FDF6
Tetradic#FDF6F6, #F9FDF6, #F6FDFD

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%#E3CCF4
Darker −20%#CCA3EA
Darker −30%#B479E1
Darker −40%#9D4FD8
More saturated +25%#FAF5FE
Less saturated −25%#FAF7FC

Channel breakdown

R250
G246
B253
Red250 (98%)
Green246 (96.5%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue274.29°
Saturation (HSL)63.64%
Lightness97.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR FA · G F6 · B FD

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