Colour

#E5E7FB

#E5E7FB
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#E5E7FB is a blue with RGB values 229, 231, 251 and HSL 235°, 73%, 94%. 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

#E5E7FB#E5E7FB

HEX#E5E7FB

RGBrgb(229, 231, 251)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.9059, 0.9843

RGB percentages89.8%, 90.6%, 98.4%

HSLhsl(234.5, 73.3%, 94.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(234.5, 8.8%, 98.4%)

CMYK8.8%, 8%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,067,131

CSS custom property--colour: #E5E7FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80775WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness232.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.15:1

Contrast with white1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E8E8E8

Inverted#1A1804

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E2E9FCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#E1E7FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#E1EAEDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.2 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 text17.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 0.7 Alice blue · ΔE 8.8 Ghost white · ΔE 8.9 Lavender blush · ΔE 10.5 Gainsboro · ΔE 11.2 White smoke · ΔE 11.3

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 0.71, indistinguishable to the eye

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FBF9E5

Analogous#E5F2FB, #EEE5FB

Triadic#FBE5E7, #E7FBE5

Split complementary#FBEEE5, #F2FBE5

Tetradic#FBE5F2, #FBF9E5, #E5FBEE

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%#B9BEF4

Darker −20%#8D95ED

Darker −30%#606DE7

Darker −40%#3444E0

More saturated +25%#E1E4FF

Less saturated −25%#E9EAF7

Channel breakdown

R229

G231

B251

Red229 (89.8%)

Green231 (90.6%)

Blue251 (98.4%)

Hue234.55°

Saturation (HSL)73.33%

Lightness94.12%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E5 · G E7 · B FB

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Colour values

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