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Recognised as Colour

#E2EAFC

  • #E2EAFC
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#E2EAFC is a blue with RGB values 226, 234, 252 and HSL 222°, 81%, 94%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#E2EAFC#E2EAFC
HEX#E2EAFC
RGBrgb(226, 234, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.9176, 0.9882
RGB percentages88.6%, 91.8%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(221.5, 81.3%, 93.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221.5, 10.3%, 98.8%)
CMYK10.3%, 7.1%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,871,292
CSS custom property--colour: #E2EAFC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.82043WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness233.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.41:1
Contrast with white1.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EAEAEA
Inverted#1D1503

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E5EBFDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#E3E9FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#DCEDF0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.21:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 3.1Alice blue · ΔE 7.3Ghost white · ΔE 8.1White smoke · ΔE 10.4Gainsboro · ΔE 10.8Lavender blush · ΔE 10.9
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 3.06, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FCF4E2
Analogous#E2F7FC, #E7E2FC
Triadic#FCE2EA, #EAFCE2
Split complementary#FCE7E2, #F7FCE2
Tetradic#FCE2F7, #FCF4E2, #E2FCE7

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%#B4C9F7
Darker −20%#86A7F2
Darker −30%#5786EE
Darker −40%#2964E9
More saturated +25%#DFE9FF
Less saturated −25%#E6ECF8

Channel breakdown

R226
G234
B252
Red226 (88.6%)
Green234 (91.8%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue221.54°
Saturation (HSL)81.25%
Lightness93.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E2 · G EA · B FC

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