Colour

#E3E7FE

#E3E7FE
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#E3E7FE is a blue with RGB values 227, 231, 254 and HSL 231°, 93%, 94%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#E3E7FE#E3E7FE

HEX#E3E7FE

RGBrgb(227, 231, 254)

RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.9059, 0.9961

RGB percentages89%, 90.6%, 99.6%

HSLhsl(231.1, 93.1%, 94.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(231.1, 10.6%, 99.6%)

CMYK10.6%, 9.1%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,936,062

CSS custom property--colour: #E3E7FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80638WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness232.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.13:1

Contrast with white1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E8E8E8

Inverted#1C1801

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E1E9FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#E0E7FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Tritanopia#DDEBEEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 2 Alice blue · ΔE 10 Ghost white · ΔE 10.2 Lavender blush · ΔE 12.1 Gainsboro · ΔE 12.7 White smoke · ΔE 12.8

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 2.03, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FEFAE3

Analogous#E3F5FE, #ECE3FE

Triadic#FEE3E7, #E7FEE3

Split complementary#FEECE3, #F5FEE3

Tetradic#FEE3F5, #FEFAE3, #E3FEEC

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%#B2BDFC

Darker −20%#8193FA

Darker −30%#4F68F9

Darker −40%#1E3EF7

More saturated +25%#E2E6FF

Less saturated −25%#E7EAFA

Channel breakdown

R227

G231

B254

Red227 (89%)

Green231 (90.6%)

Blue254 (99.6%)

Hue231.11°

Saturation (HSL)93.1%

Lightness94.31%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E3 · G E7 · B FE

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Colour values

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