Colour

#E5EAF9

#E5EAF9
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#E5EAF9 is a blue with RGB values 229, 234, 249 and HSL 225°, 62%, 94%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#E5EAF9#E5EAF9

HEX#E5EAF9

RGBrgb(229, 234, 249)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.9176, 0.9765

RGB percentages89.8%, 91.8%, 97.6%

HSLhsl(225, 62.5%, 93.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(225, 8%, 97.6%)

CMYK8%, 6%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,067,897

CSS custom property--colour: #E5EAF9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.82343WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness234.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.47:1

Contrast with white1.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EAEAEA

Inverted#1A1506

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E6EBFAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#E5E9F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#E1EDEFno 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 text1.2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 3.3 Alice blue · ΔE 6.2 Ghost white · ΔE 6.7 White smoke · ΔE 8.8 Lavender blush · ΔE 9.3 Gainsboro · ΔE 9.3

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 3.3, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F9F4E5

Analogous#E5F4F9, #EAE5F9

Triadic#F9E5EA, #EAF9E5

Split complementary#F9EAE5, #F4F9E5

Tetradic#F9E5F4, #F9F4E5, #E5F9EA

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%#BCC9EF

Darker −20%#92A7E6

Darker −30%#6986DC

Darker −40%#3F64D3

More saturated +25%#E1E8FD

Less saturated −25%#E9ECF5

Channel breakdown

R229

G234

B249

Red229 (89.8%)

Green234 (91.8%)

Blue249 (97.6%)

Hue225°

Saturation (HSL)62.5%

Lightness93.73%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E5 · G EA · B F9

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Colour values

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