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Recognised as Colour

#E5EEFC

  • #E5EEFC
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#E5EEFC is a blue with RGB values 229, 238, 252 and HSL 217°, 79%, 94%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#E5EEFC#E5EEFC
HEX#E5EEFC
RGBrgb(229, 238, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.9333, 0.9882
RGB percentages89.8%, 93.3%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(216.5, 79.3%, 94.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(216.5, 9.1%, 98.8%)
CMYK9.1%, 5.6%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,068,924
CSS custom property--colour: #E5EEFC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.84835WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness237 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.97:1
Contrast with white1.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EDEDED
Inverted#1A1103

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EAEEFDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#E7ECFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Tritanopia#E0F1F2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.4 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 text17.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 4.9Alice blue · ΔE 5Ghost white · ΔE 6.1White smoke · ΔE 8.2Azure · ΔE 9.1Lavender blush · ΔE 9.8
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 4.9, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FCF3E5
Analogous#E5FAFC, #E7E5FC
Triadic#FCE5EE, #EEFCE5
Split complementary#FCE7E5, #FAFCE5
Tetradic#FCE5FA, #FCF3E5, #E5FCE7

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%#B7D0F7
Darker −20%#8AB2F1
Darker −30%#5C94EC
Darker −40%#2E76E7
More saturated +25%#E2EDFF
Less saturated −25%#E9EFF8

Channel breakdown

R229
G238
B252
Red229 (89.8%)
Green238 (93.3%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue216.52°
Saturation (HSL)79.31%
Lightness94.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E5 · G EE · B FC

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