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Colour

#E5EAF6

  • #E5EAF6
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#E5EAF6 is a blue with RGB values 229, 234, 246 and HSL 222°, 49%, 93%. 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

#E5EAF6#E5EAF6
HEX#E5EAF6
RGBrgb(229, 234, 246)
RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.9176, 0.9647
RGB percentages89.8%, 91.8%, 96.5%
HSLhsl(222.4, 48.6%, 93.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.4, 6.9%, 96.5%)
CMYK6.9%, 4.9%, 0%, 3.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,067,894
CSS custom property--colour: #E5EAF6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.82157WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness233.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.43:1
Contrast with white1.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EAEAEA
Inverted#1A1509

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E7EBF7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#E5E9F6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Tritanopia#E1ECEEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 4.6Alice blue · ΔE 5.4Ghost white · ΔE 6White smoke · ΔE 7.5Gainsboro · ΔE 8Lavender blush · ΔE 8.6
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 4.63, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F6F1E5
Analogous#E5F2F6, #E9E5F6
Triadic#F6E5EA, #EAF6E5
Split complementary#F6E9E5, #F3F6E5
Tetradic#F6E5F2, #F6F1E5, #E5F6E9

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%#BFCBE9
Darker −20%#99ADDC
Darker −30%#738ECF
Darker −40%#4D70C2
More saturated +25%#E1E8FA
Less saturated −25%#E9ECF2

Channel breakdown

R229
G234
B246
Red229 (89.8%)
Green234 (91.8%)
Blue246 (96.5%)
Hue222.35°
Saturation (HSL)48.57%
Lightness93.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E5 · G EA · B F6

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