Recognised as Colour

#E5FAFA

#E5FAFA
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Azure

#E5FAFA is a cyan with RGB values 229, 250, 250 and HSL 180°, 68%, 94%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Azure.

Colour values

#E5FAFA#E5FAFA

HEX#E5FAFA

RGBrgb(229, 250, 250)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.9804, 0.9804

RGB percentages89.8%, 98%, 98%

HSLhsl(180, 67.7%, 93.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(180, 8.4%, 98%)

CMYK8.4%, 0%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,071,994

CSS custom property--colour: #E5FAFA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.91931WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness243.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.39:1

Contrast with white1.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black19.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#F6F6F6

Inverted#1A0505

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F7F8FAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original

Deuteranopia#F3F4FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original

Tritanopia#DFFCFAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.08:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text19.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Azure · ΔE 3 Light cyan · ΔE 3.5 Mint cream · ΔE 5.1 Alice blue · ΔE 5.8 White smoke · ΔE 7.2 White · ΔE 7.9

Nearest named CSS colourAzure (#F0FFFF)ΔE 2.96, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FAE5E5

Analogous#E5FAF0, #E5F0FA

Triadic#FAE5FA, #FAFAE5

Split complementary#FAE5F0, #FAF0E5

Tetradic#F0E5FA, #FAE5E5, #F0FAE5

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%#BAF2F2

Darker −20%#8FEAEA

Darker −30%#65E1E1

Darker −40%#3AD9D9

More saturated +25%#E1FEFE

Less saturated −25%#E9F6F6

Channel breakdown

R229

G250

B250

Red229 (89.8%)

Green250 (98%)

Blue250 (98%)

Hue180°

Saturation (HSL)67.74%

Lightness93.92%

Dominant channelGreen and Blue

Hex per channelR E5 · G FA · B FA

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