Colour

#E5EEF2

#E5EEF2
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Alice blue

#E5EEF2 is a cyan with RGB values 229, 238, 242 and HSL 198°, 33%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Alice blue.

Colour values

#E5EEF2#E5EEF2

HEX#E5EEF2

RGBrgb(229, 238, 242)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.9333, 0.949

RGB percentages89.8%, 93.3%, 94.9%

HSLhsl(198.5, 33.3%, 92.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(198.5, 5.4%, 94.9%)

CMYK5.4%, 1.7%, 0%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,068,914

CSS custom property--colour: #E5EEF2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.84218WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness235.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.84:1

Contrast with white1.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ECECEC

Inverted#1A110D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#ECEDF2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#EAECF2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Tritanopia#E2EFEFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.18:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Alice blue · ΔE 4 White smoke · ΔE 4.8 Ghost white · ΔE 5.5 Azure · ΔE 6.1 Gainsboro · ΔE 6.9 Mint cream · ΔE 7.3

Nearest named CSS colourAlice blue (#F0F8FF)ΔE 3.96, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F2E9E5

Analogous#E5F2F0, #E5E8F2

Triadic#F2E5EE, #EEF2E5

Split complementary#F2E5E8, #F2F0E5

Tetradic#F0E5F2, #F2E9E5, #E8F2E5

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%#C3D8E1

Darker −20%#A1C2D0

Darker −30%#7FABBF

Darker −40%#5D95AE

More saturated +25%#E0F0F7

Less saturated −25%#EAECED

Channel breakdown

R229

G238

B242

Red229 (89.8%)

Green238 (93.3%)

Blue242 (94.9%)

Hue198.46°

Saturation (HSL)33.33%

Lightness92.35%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E5 · G EE · B F2

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