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Recognised as Colour

#E5E6EF

  • #E5E6EF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#E5E6EF is a blue with RGB values 229, 230, 239 and HSL 234°, 24%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#E5E6EF#E5E6EF
HEX#E5E6EF
RGBrgb(229, 230, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.902, 0.9373
RGB percentages89.8%, 90.2%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(234, 23.8%, 91.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(234, 4.2%, 93.7%)
CMYK4.2%, 3.8%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,066,863
CSS custom property--colour: #E5E6EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79484WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness230.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.9:1
Contrast with white1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6
Inverted#1A1910

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E4E7EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#E4E6EFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#E3E7E9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.24:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 5.7Gainsboro · ΔE 5.9Alice blue · ΔE 6.3Ghost white · ΔE 6.4White smoke · ΔE 6.9Lavender blush · ΔE 7.6
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 5.73, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFEEE5
Analogous#E5EBEF, #E9E5EF
Triadic#EFE5E6, #E6EFE5
Split complementary#EFE9E5, #EBEFE5
Tetradic#EFE5EB, #EFEEE5, #E5EFE9

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%#C5C8DC
Darker −20%#A6A9C8
Darker −30%#868BB5
Darker −40%#676DA1
More saturated +25%#E0E2F4
Less saturated −25%#EAEAEA

Channel breakdown

R229
G230
B239
Red229 (89.8%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue234°
Saturation (HSL)23.81%
Lightness91.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E5 · G E6 · B EF

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