Recognised as Colour

#E5EEFB

#E5EEFB
Blue
Light
Nearest: Alice blue

#E5EEFB is a blue with RGB values 229, 238, 251 and HSL 215°, 73%, 94%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Alice blue.

Colour values

#E5EEFB#E5EEFB

HEX#E5EEFB

RGBrgb(229, 238, 251)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.9333, 0.9843

RGB percentages89.8%, 93.3%, 98.4%

HSLhsl(215.5, 73.3%, 94.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(215.5, 8.8%, 98.4%)

CMYK8.8%, 5.2%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,068,923

CSS custom property--colour: #E5EEFB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.84772WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness236.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.95:1

Contrast with white1.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EDEDED

Inverted#1A1104

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EAEEFCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#E8ECFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Tritanopia#E0F1F2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.17:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Alice blue · ΔE 4.6 Lavender · ΔE 5.2 Ghost white · ΔE 5.9 White smoke · ΔE 7.8 Azure · ΔE 8.8 Gainsboro · ΔE 9.5

Nearest named CSS colourAlice blue (#F0F8FF)ΔE 4.62, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FBF2E5

Analogous#E5F9FB, #E7E5FB

Triadic#FBE5EE, #EEFBE5

Split complementary#FBE7E5, #F9FBE5

Tetradic#FBE5F9, #FBF2E5, #E5FBE7

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%#B9D1F4

Darker −20%#8DB4ED

Darker −30%#6097E7

Darker −40%#347AE0

More saturated +25%#E1EDFF

Less saturated −25%#E9EFF7

Channel breakdown

R229

G238

B251

Red229 (89.8%)

Green238 (93.3%)

Blue251 (98.4%)

Hue215.45°

Saturation (HSL)73.33%

Lightness94.12%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E5 · G EE · B FB

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