Recognised as Colour

#E5E9FD

#E5E9FD
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#E5E9FD is a blue with RGB values 229, 233, 253 and HSL 230°, 86%, 95%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#E5E9FD#E5E9FD

HEX#E5E9FD

RGBrgb(229, 233, 253)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.9137, 0.9922

RGB percentages89.8%, 91.4%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(230, 85.7%, 94.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(230, 9.5%, 99.2%)

CMYK9.5%, 7.9%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,067,645

CSS custom property--colour: #E5E9FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.82028WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness234.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.41:1

Contrast with white1.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EAEAEA

Inverted#1A1602

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E4EBFEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#E3E9FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#E0ECEFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.3 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 text17.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 1.6 Alice blue · ΔE 8.3 Ghost white · ΔE 8.6 Lavender blush · ΔE 10.7 White smoke · ΔE 11.1 Gainsboro · ΔE 11.5

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 1.56, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FDF9E5

Analogous#E5F5FD, #EDE5FD

Triadic#FDE5E9, #E9FDE5

Split complementary#FDEDE5, #F5FDE5

Tetradic#FDE5F5, #FDF9E5, #E5FDED

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%#B6C1F9

Darker −20%#8699F6

Darker −30%#5771F2

Darker −40%#2849EE

More saturated +25%#E3E8FF

Less saturated −25%#E8EBF9

Channel breakdown

R229

G233

B253

Red229 (89.8%)

Green233 (91.4%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue230°

Saturation (HSL)85.71%

Lightness94.51%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E5 · G E9 · B FD

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Colour values

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