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Colour

#E6E6FF

  • #E6E6FF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#E6E6FF is a blue with RGB values 230, 230, 255 and HSL 240°, 100%, 95%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#E6E6FF#E6E6FF
HEX#E6E6FF
RGBrgb(230, 230, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.902, 1
RGB percentages90.2%, 90.2%, 100%
HSLhsl(240, 100%, 95.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(240, 9.8%, 100%)
CMYK9.8%, 9.8%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,132,415
CSS custom property--colour: #E6E6FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80637WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness233 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.13:1
Contrast with white1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E8E8E8
Inverted#191900

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E0E9FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#E0E7FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original
Tritanopia#E1EAEEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 2.6Ghost white · ΔE 11Alice blue · ΔE 11.1Lavender blush · ΔE 12.2Gainsboro · ΔE 13.6White smoke · ΔE 13.7
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#FFFFE6
Analogous#E6F3FF, #F3E6FF
Triadic#FFE6E6, #E6FFE6
Split complementary#FFF3E6, #F3FFE6
Tetradic#FFE6F3, #FFFFE6, #E6FFF3

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%#B3B3FF
Darker −20%#8080FF
Darker −30%#4D4DFF
Darker −40%#1A1AFF
More saturated +25%#E6E6FF
Less saturated −25%#E9E9FC

Channel breakdown

R230
G230
B255
Red230 (90.2%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue240°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness95.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E6 · G E6 · B FF

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