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Colour

#E5E9F4

  • #E5E9F4
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#E5E9F4 is a blue with RGB values 229, 233, 244 and HSL 224°, 41%, 93%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#E5E9F4#E5E9F4
HEX#E5E9F4
RGBrgb(229, 233, 244)
RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.9137, 0.9569
RGB percentages89.8%, 91.4%, 95.7%
HSLhsl(224, 40.5%, 92.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224, 6.1%, 95.7%)
CMYK6.1%, 4.5%, 0%, 4.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,067,636
CSS custom property--colour: #E5E9F4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81467WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness233.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.29:1
Contrast with white1.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E9E9E9
Inverted#1A160B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E6EAF5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#E5E8F4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Tritanopia#E2EBECno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.21:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 4.9Alice blue · ΔE 5.5Ghost white · ΔE 6White smoke · ΔE 7.2Gainsboro · ΔE 7.4Lavender blush · ΔE 8.2
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 4.94, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F4F0E5
Analogous#E5F1F4, #E9E5F4
Triadic#F4E5E9, #E9F4E5
Split complementary#F4E9E5, #F1F4E5
Tetradic#F4E5F1, #F4F0E5, #E5F4E9

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%#C1CBE5
Darker −20%#9DACD6
Darker −30%#798EC7
Darker −40%#5670B7
More saturated +25%#E0E7F9
Less saturated −25%#EAEBEF

Channel breakdown

R229
G233
B244
Red229 (89.8%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue244 (95.7%)
Hue224°
Saturation (HSL)40.54%
Lightness92.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E5 · G E9 · B F4

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