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Recognised as Colour

#E4E8F8

  • #E4E8F8
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#E4E8F8 is a blue with RGB values 228, 232, 248 and HSL 228°, 59%, 93%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#E4E8F8#E4E8F8
HEX#E4E8F8
RGBrgb(228, 232, 248)
RGB (0–1)0.8941, 0.9098, 0.9725
RGB percentages89.4%, 91%, 97.3%
HSLhsl(228, 58.8%, 93.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(228, 8.1%, 97.3%)
CMYK8.1%, 6.5%, 0%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,001,848
CSS custom property--colour: #E4E8F8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80985WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness232.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.2:1
Contrast with white1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E8E8E8
Inverted#1B1707

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E4E9F9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#E3E8F8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.3 from the original
Tritanopia#E0EBEDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.22:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 2.5Alice blue · ΔE 7.1Ghost white · ΔE 7.4Gainsboro · ΔE 9.4White smoke · ΔE 9.5Lavender blush · ΔE 9.6
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 2.55, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F8F4E4
Analogous#E4F2F8, #EAE4F8
Triadic#F8E4E8, #E8F8E4
Split complementary#F8EAE4, #F2F8E4
Tetradic#F8E4F2, #F8F4E4, #E4F8EA

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%#BBC5ED
Darker −20%#93A3E3
Darker −30%#6B81D8
Darker −40%#425ECE
More saturated +25%#E0E5FC
Less saturated −25%#E8EBF4

Channel breakdown

R228
G232
B248
Red228 (89.4%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue248 (97.3%)
Hue228°
Saturation (HSL)58.82%
Lightness93.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E4 · G E8 · B F8

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