Recognised as Colour

#E4E7F8

#E4E7F8
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#E4E7F8 is a blue with RGB values 228, 231, 248 and HSL 231°, 59%, 93%. 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

#E4E7F8#E4E7F8

HEX#E4E7F8

RGBrgb(228, 231, 248)

RGB (0–1)0.8941, 0.9059, 0.9725

RGB percentages89.4%, 90.6%, 97.3%

HSLhsl(231, 58.8%, 93.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(231, 8.1%, 97.3%)

CMYK8.1%, 6.9%, 0%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,001,592

CSS custom property--colour: #E4E7F8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80423WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness232.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.08:1

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

Contrast with black17.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E8E8E8

Inverted#1B1807

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E3E8F9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#E2E7F8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#E0EAECno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.2 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 text17.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 1.9 Alice blue · ΔE 7.7 Ghost white · ΔE 7.9 Gainsboro · ΔE 9.7 Lavender blush · ΔE 9.7 White smoke · ΔE 10

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 1.9, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F8F5E4

Analogous#E4F1F8, #EBE4F8

Triadic#F8E4E7, #E7F8E4

Split complementary#F8EBE4, #F1F8E4

Tetradic#F8E4F1, #F8F5E4, #E4F8EB

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%#BBC3ED

Darker −20%#939FE3

Darker −30%#6B7BD8

Darker −40%#4257CE

More saturated +25%#E0E4FC

Less saturated −25%#E8EAF4

Channel breakdown

R228

G231

B248

Red228 (89.4%)

Green231 (90.6%)

Blue248 (97.3%)

Hue231°

Saturation (HSL)58.82%

Lightness93.33%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E4 · G E7 · B F8

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