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Recognised as Colour

#E5EAFF

  • #E5EAFF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#E5EAFF is a blue with RGB values 229, 234, 255 and HSL 228°, 100%, 95%. 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

#E5EAFF#E5EAFF
HEX#E5EAFF
RGBrgb(229, 234, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.9176, 1
RGB percentages89.8%, 91.8%, 100%
HSLhsl(228.5, 100%, 94.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(228.5, 10.2%, 100%)
CMYK10.2%, 8.2%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,067,903
CSS custom property--colour: #E5EAFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.82724WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness235 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.54:1
Contrast with white1.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EAEAEA
Inverted#1A1500

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E5ECFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#E3EAFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#E0EEF1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.9 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 text17.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 2.1Alice blue · ΔE 8.5Ghost white · ΔE 8.9Lavender blush · ΔE 11.2White smoke · ΔE 11.5Gainsboro · ΔE 12.1
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 2.05, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFFAE5
Analogous#E5F7FF, #EDE5FF
Triadic#FFE5EA, #EAFFE5
Split complementary#FFEDE5, #F7FFE5
Tetradic#FFE5F7, #FFFAE5, #E5FFED

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%#B2C1FF
Darker −20%#7F98FF
Darker −30%#4C6EFF
Darker −40%#1945FF
More saturated +25%#E5EAFF
Less saturated −25%#E8ECFC

Channel breakdown

R229
G234
B255
Red229 (89.8%)
Green234 (91.8%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue228.46°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness94.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E5 · G EA · B FF

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