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Colour

#FAF8FF

  • #FAF8FF
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Ghost white

#FAF8FF is a violet with RGB values 250, 248, 255 and HSL 257°, 100%, 99%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Ghost white.

Colour values

#FAF8FF#FAF8FF
HEX#FAF8FF
RGBrgb(250, 248, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.9725, 1
RGB percentages98%, 97.3%, 100%
HSLhsl(257.1, 100%, 98.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(257.1, 2.7%, 100%)
CMYK2%, 2.7%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,447,743
CSS custom property--colour: #FAF8FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.94679WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness249.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.94:1
Contrast with white1.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black19.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#F9F9F9
Inverted#050700

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F7F9FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#F7F9FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Tritanopia#F9F9FAno 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 text1.05:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text19.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Ghost white · ΔE 0.7Alice blue · ΔE 3.5Snow · ΔE 3.8White smoke · ΔE 3.9White · ΔE 4.2Lavender blush · ΔE 5.1
Nearest named CSS colourGhost white (#F8F8FF)ΔE 0.71, indistinguishable to the eye
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDFFF8
Analogous#F8FAFF, #FEF8FF
Triadic#FFFAF8, #F8FFFA
Split complementary#FFFDF8, #FAFFF8
Tetradic#FFF8F9, #FDFFF8, #F8FFFD

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%#D6C5FF
Darker −20%#B192FF
Darker −30%#8D5FFF
Darker −40%#682CFF
More saturated +25%#FAF8FF
Less saturated −25%#FAF9FE

Channel breakdown

R250
G248
B255
Red250 (98%)
Green248 (97.3%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue257.14°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness98.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR FA · G F8 · B FF

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