Colour

#E0E4EF

#E0E4EF
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#E0E4EF is a blue with RGB values 224, 228, 239 and HSL 224°, 32%, 91%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#E0E4EF#E0E4EF

HEX#E0E4EF

RGBrgb(224, 228, 239)

RGB (0–1)0.8784, 0.8941, 0.9373

RGB percentages87.8%, 89.4%, 93.7%

HSLhsl(224, 31.9%, 90.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(224, 6.3%, 93.7%)

CMYK6.3%, 4.6%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,738,671

CSS custom property--colour: #E0E4EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77566WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness228.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.51:1

Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4

Inverted#1F1B10

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E1E5F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#E0E3EFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#DDE6E7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 5 Gainsboro · ΔE 6.5 Alice blue · ΔE 7.1 Ghost white · ΔE 7.6 White smoke · ΔE 8.3 Light grey · ΔE 8.4

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 5.05, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#EFEBE0

Analogous#E0ECEF, #E4E0EF

Triadic#EFE0E4, #E4EFE0

Split complementary#EFE3E0, #ECEFE0

Tetradic#EFE0EC, #EFEBE0, #E0EFE3

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%#BEC7DE

Darker −20%#9DA9CC

Darker −30%#7B8CBB

Darker −40%#596FAA

More saturated +25%#DAE1F5

Less saturated −25%#E6E7E9

Channel breakdown

R224

G228

B239

Red224 (87.8%)

Green228 (89.4%)

Blue239 (93.7%)

Hue224°

Saturation (HSL)31.91%

Lightness90.78%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E0 · G E4 · B EF

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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