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Colour

#E1E8EF

  • #E1E8EF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Alice blue

#E1E8EF is a blue with RGB values 225, 232, 239 and HSL 210°, 30%, 91%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Alice blue.

Colour values

#E1E8EF#E1E8EF
HEX#E1E8EF
RGBrgb(225, 232, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.9098, 0.9373
RGB percentages88.2%, 91%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(210, 30.4%, 91%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210, 5.9%, 93.7%)
CMYK5.9%, 2.9%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,805,231
CSS custom property--colour: #E1E8EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79953WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness230.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.99:1
Contrast with white1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E7E7E7
Inverted#1E1710

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E5E8EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#E4E6EFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Tritanopia#DEEAEAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.24:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Alice blue · ΔE 5.5Gainsboro · ΔE 5.8White smoke · ΔE 6.5Ghost white · ΔE 6.6Lavender · ΔE 7.2Light grey · ΔE 8.3
Nearest named CSS colourAlice blue (#F0F8FF)ΔE 5.52, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFE8E1
Analogous#E1EFEF, #E1E1EF
Triadic#EFE1E8, #E8EFE1
Split complementary#EFE1E1, #EFEFE1
Tetradic#EFE1EF, #EFE8E1, #E1EFE1

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%#C0CFDD
Darker −20%#9EB5CC
Darker −30%#7D9CBA
Darker −40%#5C82A8
More saturated +25%#DBE8F5
Less saturated −25%#E7E8E9

Channel breakdown

R225
G232
B239
Red225 (88.2%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue210°
Saturation (HSL)30.43%
Lightness90.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E1 · G E8 · B EF

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