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Recognised as Colour

#E5E9F8

  • #E5E9F8
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#E5E9F8 is a blue with RGB values 229, 233, 248 and HSL 227°, 58%, 94%. 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

#E5E9F8#E5E9F8
HEX#E5E9F8
RGBrgb(229, 233, 248)
RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.9137, 0.9725
RGB percentages89.8%, 91.4%, 97.3%
HSLhsl(227.4, 57.6%, 93.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(227.4, 7.7%, 97.3%)
CMYK7.7%, 6%, 0%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,067,640
CSS custom property--colour: #E5E9F8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81713WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness233.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.34:1
Contrast with white1.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E9E9E9
Inverted#1A1607

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E5EAF9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#E4E9F8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.3 from the original
Tritanopia#E1ECEEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.2 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 text17.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 3Alice blue · ΔE 6.5Ghost white · ΔE 6.9White smoke · ΔE 8.8Lavender blush · ΔE 9.1Gainsboro · ΔE 9.1
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 3.05, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F8F4E5
Analogous#E5F2F8, #EBE5F8
Triadic#F8E5E9, #E9F8E5
Split complementary#F8EBE5, #F3F8E5
Tetradic#F8E5F2, #F8F4E5, #E5F8EB

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%#BDC7ED
Darker −20%#95A5E2
Darker −30%#6C83D8
Darker −40%#4461CD
More saturated +25%#E1E7FC
Less saturated −25%#E9EBF4

Channel breakdown

R229
G233
B248
Red229 (89.8%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue248 (97.3%)
Hue227.37°
Saturation (HSL)57.58%
Lightness93.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E5 · G E9 · B F8

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