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Recognised as Colour

#E6E3FE

  • #E6E3FE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#E6E3FE is a blue with RGB values 230, 227, 254 and HSL 247°, 93%, 94%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#E6E3FE#E6E3FE
HEX#E6E3FE
RGBrgb(230, 227, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.8902, 0.9961
RGB percentages90.2%, 89%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(246.7, 93.1%, 94.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(246.7, 10.6%, 99.6%)
CMYK9.4%, 10.6%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,131,646
CSS custom property--colour: #E6E3FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78917WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness231.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.78:1
Contrast with white1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6
Inverted#191C01

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DDE6FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#DDE5FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Tritanopia#E2E7ECno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.25:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 3.9Ghost white · ΔE 12.4Alice blue · ΔE 12.7Lavender blush · ΔE 13Thistle · ΔE 13.7Gainsboro · ΔE 14.5
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 3.88, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FBFEE3
Analogous#E3EDFE, #F4E3FE
Triadic#FEE6E3, #E3FEE6
Split complementary#FEF4E3, #EDFEE3
Tetradic#FEE3ED, #FBFEE3, #E3FEF4

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%#BAB2FC
Darker −20%#8E81FA
Darker −30%#624FF9
Darker −40%#361EF7
More saturated +25%#E5E2FF
Less saturated −25%#E9E7FA

Channel breakdown

R230
G227
B254
Red230 (90.2%)
Green227 (89%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue246.67°
Saturation (HSL)93.1%
Lightness94.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E6 · G E3 · B FE

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