Colour

#E5E8F8

#E5E8F8
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#E5E8F8 is a blue with RGB values 229, 232, 248 and HSL 231°, 58%, 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

#E5E8F8#E5E8F8

HEX#E5E8F8

RGBrgb(229, 232, 248)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.9098, 0.9725

RGB percentages89.8%, 91%, 97.3%

HSLhsl(230.5, 57.6%, 93.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(230.5, 7.7%, 97.3%)

CMYK7.7%, 6.5%, 0%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,067,384

CSS custom property--colour: #E5E8F8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81149WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness233 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.23:1

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

Contrast with black17.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E9E9E9

Inverted#1A1707

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E4E9F9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#E3E8F8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#E1EBEDno 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 text17.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 2.4 Alice blue · ΔE 7.1 Ghost white · ΔE 7.3 Lavender blush · ΔE 9.3 White smoke · ΔE 9.4 Gainsboro · ΔE 9.4

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 2.38, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F8F5E5

Analogous#E5F1F8, #ECE5F8

Triadic#F8E5E8, #E8F8E5

Split complementary#F8ECE5, #F2F8E5

Tetradic#F8E5F2, #F8F5E5, #E5F8EC

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%#BDC4ED

Darker −20%#95A1E2

Darker −30%#6C7DD8

Darker −40%#445ACD

More saturated +25%#E1E5FC

Less saturated −25%#E9EBF4

Channel breakdown

R229

G232

B248

Red229 (89.8%)

Green232 (91%)

Blue248 (97.3%)

Hue230.53°

Saturation (HSL)57.58%

Lightness93.53%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E5 · G E8 · B F8

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