#e2affd Color Information

#e2affd Color Information
Details | Shades, Tints, and Tones | Variations | Color Coordinates | Color Schemes | HTML+CSS Examples | Coding & Programming | Color Blindness | Accessibility | Related Colors

The hexadecimal value (hex value) of this color is #e2affd. In RGB, it consists of 88.6% Red, 68.6% Green, and 99.2% Blue. Likewise, in the CMYK color space, it consists of 10.7% Cyan, 30.8% Magenta, 0% Yellow, and 0.8% Black. On the color wheel, its Hue is found at 279.2°, with saturation of 95.1% and lightness of 83.9%. The decimal value for #e2affd is 14856189, and its nearest "web safe" color is #cc99ff. In the RGB color space, the strongest component for #e2affd is blue. In the CMYK color space, its strongest component is magenta. And in the RYB color space, its strongest component is blue.
  • HexHex code for this color#e2affd Copy
  • NameThe common name of this color(Unnamed) Copy
  • RGBRed, Green, Blue composition for this color226, 175, 253 Copy
  • RGB PercentPercent Red, Green, Blue composition for this color88.6%, 68.6%, 99.2% Copy
  • CMYCyan, Magenta, Yellow composition for this color0.114, 0.314, 0.008 Copy
  • CMYKCyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black composition for this color0.107, 0.308, 0, 0.008 Copy
  • HSLHue, Saturation, Lightness combination for this color279.2°, 95.1%, 83.9% Copy
  • HSV (or HSB)Hue, Saturation, Brightness combination for this color279.2°, 30.8%, 99.2% Copy
  • XYZCIE 1931 color space XYZ coordinates for this color64.424, 53.920, 99.941 Copy
  • RYBRed, Yellow, Blue composition for this color226, 175, 253 Copy
  • DecimalDecimal representation of this color's hex code14856189 Copy
  • CIE-LABCIELAB color space coordinates for this color78.415, 32.247, -31.583 Copy
  • CIE-LCHCIE-LCH color space coordinates for this color (chroma, hue, etc.)78.415, 45.137, 315.597 Copy
  • CIE-LUVCIE-LUV color space coordinates for this color78.415, 22.262, -55.703 Copy
  • Hunter LabHunter-Lab color space coordinates for this color73.431, 28.102, -29.294 Copy
  • xyYCIE xyY color space coordinates for this color0.295, 0.247, 53.920 Copy
  • AndroidValue of this color in Android development4293046269 / 0xffe2affd Copy
  • Web SafeHex code of the nearest "web safe" version of this color#cc99ff Copy
Last Updated: March 28, 2024

Shades of #e2affd

Shades are created by adding black to or removing lightness from a particular color. For #e2affd, its pure hue is 279.2° on the color wheel and its saturation is 95.1%, and its lightness is 83.9%. As the amount of black is added to this hue and we reduce its lightness, the result is increasingly darker shades tints. The palette given below provides 9 different shades of #e2affd, which — excluding black and our original color — range from #1c1620 to #c699dd.

Tints of #e2affd

Tints are created by adding white or lightness to a particular color. For #e2affd, its pure hue is 279.2° on the color wheel and its saturation is 95.1%, and its lightness is 83.9%. As the amount of white (lightness) is added to this hue, the result is increasingly lighter tints. The following palette gives 9 different tints of #e2affd, which — excluding white and our original color — range from #e6b9fd to #fbf5ff.

Tones of #e2affd

Tones are the result of adding gray to a pure hue. In the case of #e2affd, its pure hue is 279.2° on the color wheel and its saturation is 95.1%, so we increase this saturation to create more colorful tones, and decrease the saturation to create grayer tones. The palette shown below gives 9 different tones of #e2affd, which range from #d6d6d6 (the grayest / 0% saturation) to #e3adff (the most colorful / 100% saturation).

Variations of #e2affd

There are several ways to create color variations and premutations of #e2affd! For #e2affd, there are 6 variations of the color that can be created by swapping its Red, Green, and Blue color positions, of which 5 are different from our original color. Among these six variations, there are 6 unique colors including our original color, #e2affd. Click on these colors to learn more about them, too!

Color Coordinates of #e2affd

This color, #e2affd, consists of 88.6% Red, 68.6% Green, and 99.2% Blue, resulting in color coordinates Red = 226, Green = 175, Blue = 253. Likewise, the CMYK color space composition for #e2affd is 10.7% Cyan, 30.8% Magenta, 0% Yellow, and 0.8% Black. These values are shown in the following charts and tables.

R88.6%
C10.7%
G68.6%
M30.8%
B99.2%
Y0.0%
K0.8%
Color Base R (Red) G (Green) B (Blue)
Decimal 226 175 253
Octal 342 257 375
Hexa #e2 #af #fd
Binary 11100010 10101111 11111101
Color Base C (Cyan) M (Magenta) Y (Yellow) Y (Black)
Decimal 10 30 0 0
Octal 12 36 0 0
Hexa #0a #1e #00 #00
Binary 00001010 00011110 00000000 00000000

Analogous Colors of #e2affd

Analogous colors are located 30 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel. For #e2affd — which has hue 279.2° — its analogous colors are located at 249.2° and 309.2° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #e2affd.

Triadic Colors of #e2affd

Triadic colors are located 120 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel, which means the original color and its triadic colors are equidistant from one another on the color wheel and form a triangle. For #e2affd — which has hue 279.2° — its triadic colors are located at 39.2° and 279.2° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #e2affd.

Complementary Color of #e2affd

A complementary color is located opposite a color on the color wheel (180 degrees away). For #e2affd — which has hue 279.2° — its complementary color is located at 99.2° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #e2affd.

Split Complementary Colors of #e2affd

Split complementary colors are the analogs of a color's complement, which places them 210 degrees away on the color wheel from an original color. For #e2affd — which has hue 279.2° — its split complementary colors its split complementary colors are located at 69.2° and 279.2° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #e2affd.

Tetradic Colors of #e2affd

Tetradic colors are two sets of complementary colors on either side of a color wheel from each other, forming a rectangle on the color wheel. For #e2affd — which has hue 279.2° — its tetradic colors are located at 189.2°, 279.2°, 9.2°, and 99.2° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #e2affd.

Monochromatic Colors of #e2affd

Monochromatic colors are colors that share a common hue but that have different saturations and lightness. For #e2affd, we show 9 different monochromatic colors of it, ranging from #d389fb — (which has very low saturation and very low lightness) — to #f1d7ff (which has a very high saturation and very high lightness).

HTML+CSS Examples & Previews of #e2affd

We want to make getting started with #e2affd on your website fast and easy! Below are 8 examples of how to integrate #e2affd into a website using HTML+CSS. These examples include showing how #e2affd can be used to color text, backgrounds, shadows, and borders, as well as how it can be used as a solid fill or gradient fill for rectangles. These examples principally make use of <span> and <div> tags, although the CSS shown in particular can be repurposed to make use of #e2affd with other HTML elements.

#e2affd Foreground / Text Color

The color of this text is #e2affd.
<span style="color: #e2affd;">The color of this text is #e2affd.</span>

#e2affd Background Color

The background color for this text is #e2affd.
<div style="background-color: #e2affd; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">The background color for this text is #e2affd.</div>

#e2affd Text Shadow Color

This color for the shadow of this text is #e2affd.
<span style="text-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #e2affd;">This color for the shadow of this text is #e2affd.</span>

#e2affd Border Color

This is a div with border color #e2affd.
<div style="border: #e2affd 4px solid;width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a div with border color #e2affd.</div>

#e2affd Color Rectangle on a White Background

This is a rectangle of color #e2affd on a white background.
<div style="background-color: #ffffff; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #e2affd; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #e2affd on a white background.</div></div>

#e2affd Color Rectangle on a Black Background

This is a rectangle of color #e2affd on a black background.
<div style="background-color: #000000; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #e2affd; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #e2affd on a black background.</div></div>

Gradient from #e2affd to White

This is a gradient from #e2affd to white.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#e2affd,white); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#e2affd,white); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#e2affd,white); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#e2affd,white); width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #e2affd to white.</div>

Gradient from #e2affd to Black

This is a gradient from #e2affd to black.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#e2affd,black); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#e2affd,black); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#e2affd,black); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#e2affd,black); color: #ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #e2affd to black.</div>

Coding & Programming with #e2affd

In addition to using #e2affd on the web, we know you might want to use it in your mobile and desktop apps, too. Whatever your needs, the table below shows how to access #e2affd in the language and environment of your choice. These code snippets are principally the hexadecimal representation of #e2affd, or the RGB color coordinates for the same (Red = 226, Green = 175, Blue = 253). If you need details about the color coordinates of #e2affd in other color spaces, refer to these details as provided toward the top of this page.

Language Environment Code Snippet
HTML + CSS (Hex Code) Web #e2affd
HTML + CSS (RGB Code) Web rgb(226, 175, 253)
CSS Background Color Web .myclass { background-color: #e2affd; }
CSS Foreground + Text Color Web .myclass { color: #e2affd; }
CSS Border Color Web .myclass { border: 2px solid #e2affd; }
Java (Multi-platform) new Color(226, 175, 253);
Python (Multi-platform) Color("#e2affd")
Swift iOS UIColor(red:226, green:175, blue:253, alpha:1.0000)
Objective-C (iOS) iOS [UIColor colorWithRed:226 green:175 blue:253 alpha:1.0000];
OpenGL (Graphics) glColor3f(226f, 175f, 253f);
C# / .NET Windows Color.FromArgb(226, 175, 253);
 

#e2affd Color Blindness

Not everyone can see #e2affd the same way. For those with color blindness, #e2affd might look very, very different. Here, we simulate eight examples of color blindness, and how #e2affd looks next to each one of them. In all cases, #e2affd is placed in a circle in the upper-left corner of each of the below boxes, with the color in the rest of those boxes signifying how #e2affd looks for someone with that type of color blindness. Many people will perceive close similarities between the colors in these boxes and the colors in the circles — with some noticing particular similarities. We offer this insight so that as you make choices about colors to use for your purposes, you can make an informed decision about whether #e2affd will be a good fit for everyone in your audience!

Trichromacy

Protanomaly
Affects 1 in 100 Men & 1 in 10,000 Women

Deuteranomaly
Affects 1 in 17 Men & 1 in 250 Women

Tritanomaly
Affects 1 in 10,000

Dichromacy

Protanopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Deuteranopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Tritanopia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Monochromacy

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 20,000

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Accessibility

Not Accessibility Recommended

We analyzed whether #e2affd is an accessible color when used as a text / foreground color against a white background. This analysis is based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2 Level issued by W3C. Based on this analysis, we calculate a contrast ratio against white of approximately 1.8:1 against white. Under both the AA and AAA level standards, this is not a high enough ratio to be considered accessible for either normal size or large text.

WCAG AA
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WCAG AA
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WCAG AAA
Normal Size Text

WCAG AAA
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