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Recognised as Colour

#E3F6EF

  • #E3F6EF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Mint cream

#E3F6EF is a cyan with RGB values 227, 246, 239 and HSL 158°, 51%, 93%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Mint cream.

Colour values

#E3F6EF#E3F6EF
HEX#E3F6EF
RGBrgb(227, 246, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.9647, 0.9373
RGB percentages89%, 96.5%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(157.9, 51.4%, 92.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(157.9, 7.7%, 96.5%)
CMYK7.7%, 0%, 2.8%, 3.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,939,887
CSS custom property--colour: #E3F6EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.88474WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness239.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.69:1
Contrast with white1.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black18.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#F1F1F1
Inverted#1C0910

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F5F3EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#F1F1EFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original
Tritanopia#DFF6F4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.12:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text18.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Mint cream · ΔE 5.1Azure · ΔE 5.3Honeydew · ΔE 5.3Light cyan · ΔE 5.8White smoke · ΔE 7.7Alice blue · ΔE 8.4
Nearest named CSS colourMint cream (#F5FFFA)ΔE 5.05, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F6E3EA
Analogous#E3F6E5, #E3F4F6
Triadic#EFE3F6, #F6EFE3
Split complementary#F6E3F4, #F6E5E3
Tetradic#E5E3F6, #F6E3EA, #F4F6E3

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%#BCEAD9
Darker −20%#96DDC3
Darker −30%#6FD1AD
Darker −40%#49C497
More saturated +25%#DEFBF0
Less saturated −25%#E8F1EE

Channel breakdown

R227
G246
B239
Red227 (89%)
Green246 (96.5%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue157.89°
Saturation (HSL)51.35%
Lightness92.75%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR E3 · G F6 · B EF

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