#E2C5F8

A very light, vivid purple closely aligning with Thistle.

About #E2C5F8

The hex code #E2C5F8 represents a beautifully specific shade of purple. Designers often compare it to the standard color Thistle. In the RGB color space, it consists of 226 red, 197 green, and 248 blue.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 9% cyan and 21% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 274.1° hue, 78.5% saturation, and 87.3% lightness.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 typography is the safest choice. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#E2C5F8
RGB226, 197, 248
HSL274.1°, 78.5%, 87.3%
CMYK9%, 21%, 0%, 3%
HSV274.1°, 20.6%, 97.3%
LAB83.4, 19.4, -21.3
XYZ68.3, 62.9, 97.3
Decimal14861816

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.55:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
13.58:1
Text on #000000
AAA
1.48:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
11.54:1
Text on #0F172A
AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #E2C5F8; }
.text-color { color: #E2C5F8; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #E2C5F8; }

Similar Colors

Thistle
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