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Colour

#E3EAFF

  • #E3EAFF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#E3EAFF is a blue with RGB values 227, 234, 255 and HSL 225°, 100%, 95%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#E3EAFF#E3EAFF
HEX#E3EAFF
RGBrgb(227, 234, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.9176, 1
RGB percentages89%, 91.8%, 100%
HSLhsl(225, 100%, 94.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(225, 11%, 100%)
CMYK11%, 8.2%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,936,831
CSS custom property--colour: #E3EAFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.82397WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness234.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.48:1
Contrast with white1.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EAEAEA
Inverted#1C1500

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E4EBFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#E2E9FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#DDEEF1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 2.6Alice blue · ΔE 8.5Ghost white · ΔE 9.1Lavender blush · ΔE 11.6White smoke · ΔE 11.7Gainsboro · ΔE 12.1
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 2.58, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFF8E3
Analogous#E3F8FF, #EAE3FF
Triadic#FFE3EA, #EAFFE3
Split complementary#FFEAE3, #F8FFE3
Tetradic#FFE3F8, #FFF8E3, #E3FFEA

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%#B0C4FF
Darker −20%#7D9DFF
Darker −30%#4A77FF
Darker −40%#1751FF
More saturated +25%#E3EAFF
Less saturated −25%#E6ECFC

Channel breakdown

R227
G234
B255
Red227 (89%)
Green234 (91.8%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue225°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness94.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E3 · G EA · B FF

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