Colour

#E3ECFF

#E3ECFF
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#E3ECFF is a blue with RGB values 227, 236, 255 and HSL 221°, 100%, 95%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#E3ECFF#E3ECFF

HEX#E3ECFF

RGBrgb(227, 236, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.9255, 1

RGB percentages89%, 92.5%, 100%

HSLhsl(220.7, 100%, 94.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(220.7, 11%, 100%)

CMYK11%, 7.5%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,937,343

CSS custom property--colour: #E3ECFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.83542WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness235.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.71:1

Contrast with white1.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EBEBEB

Inverted#1C1300

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E6EDFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Deuteranopia#E4EAFFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#DDF0F2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.19:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 3.4 Alice blue · ΔE 7.4 Ghost white · ΔE 8.2 White smoke · ΔE 10.7 Lavender blush · ΔE 11.3 Gainsboro · ΔE 11.6

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 3.43, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FFF6E3

Analogous#E3FAFF, #E8E3FF

Triadic#FFE3EC, #ECFFE3

Split complementary#FFE8E3, #FAFFE3

Tetradic#FFE3FA, #FFF6E3, #E3FFE8

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%#B0C9FF

Darker −20%#7DA7FF

Darker −30%#4A84FF

Darker −40%#1762FF

More saturated +25%#E3ECFF

Less saturated −25%#E6EDFC

Channel breakdown

R227

G236

B255

Red227 (89%)

Green236 (92.5%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue220.71°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness94.51%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E3 · G EC · B FF

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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