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Colour

#E5DEFF

  • #E5DEFF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#E5DEFF is a blue with RGB values 229, 222, 255 and HSL 253°, 100%, 94%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#E5DEFF#E5DEFF
HEX#E5DEFF
RGBrgb(229, 222, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.8706, 1
RGB percentages89.8%, 87.1%, 100%
HSLhsl(252.7, 100%, 93.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(252.7, 12.9%, 100%)
CMYK10.2%, 12.9%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,064,831
CSS custom property--colour: #E5DEFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76121WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness228.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.22:1
Contrast with white1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E2E2E2
Inverted#1A2100

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D8E2FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#D8E2FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Tritanopia#E0E3E9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.29:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 7.5Thistle · ΔE 12.4Light steelblue · ΔE 15.1Ghost white · ΔE 15.9Lavender blush · ΔE 16Alice blue · ΔE 16.4
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 7.54, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F8FFDE
Analogous#DEE8FF, #F6DEFF
Triadic#FFE5DE, #DEFFE5
Split complementary#FFF6DE, #E8FFDE
Tetradic#FFDEE7, #F8FFDE, #DEFFF6

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%#BDABFF
Darker −20%#9578FF
Darker −30%#6C45FF
Darker −40%#4412FF
More saturated +25%#E5DEFF
Less saturated −25%#E7E2FB

Channel breakdown

R229
G222
B255
Red229 (89.8%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue252.73°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness93.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E5 · G DE · B FF

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