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Colour

#E6E6F5

  • #E6E6F5
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#E6E6F5 is a blue with RGB values 230, 230, 245 and HSL 240°, 43%, 93%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#E6E6F5#E6E6F5
HEX#E6E6F5
RGBrgb(230, 230, 245)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.902, 0.9608
RGB percentages90.2%, 90.2%, 96.1%
HSLhsl(240, 42.9%, 93.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(240, 6.1%, 96.1%)
CMYK6.1%, 6.1%, 0%, 3.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,132,405
CSS custom property--colour: #E6E6F5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80009WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness231.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17:1
Contrast with white1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E7E7E7
Inverted#19190A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E3E8F6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#E2E7F5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Tritanopia#E3E8EBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.24:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 2.6Ghost white · ΔE 7.4Alice blue · ΔE 7.5Lavender blush · ΔE 8.6Gainsboro · ΔE 8.7White smoke · ΔE 9.2
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 2.59, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F5F5E6
Analogous#E6EEF5, #EEE6F5
Triadic#F5E6E6, #E6F5E6
Split complementary#F5EEE6, #EEF5E6
Tetradic#F5E6EE, #F5F5E6, #E6F5EE

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%#C2C2E6
Darker −20%#9D9DD8
Darker −30%#7979C9
Darker −40%#5454BB
More saturated +25%#E2E2F9
Less saturated −25%#EAEAF1

Channel breakdown

R230
G230
B245
Red230 (90.2%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue245 (96.1%)
Hue240°
Saturation (HSL)42.86%
Lightness93.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E6 · G E6 · B F5

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