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Recognised as Colour

#E6EBFF

  • #E6EBFF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#E6EBFF is a blue with RGB values 230, 235, 255 and HSL 228°, 100%, 95%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#E6EBFF#E6EBFF
HEX#E6EBFF
RGBrgb(230, 235, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.9216, 1
RGB percentages90.2%, 92.2%, 100%
HSLhsl(228, 100%, 95.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(228, 9.8%, 100%)
CMYK9.8%, 7.8%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,133,695
CSS custom property--colour: #E6EBFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.8346WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness235.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.69:1
Contrast with white1.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EBEBEB
Inverted#191400

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E6EDFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#E4EBFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#E1EEF1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.19:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 2.2Alice blue · ΔE 7.9Ghost white · ΔE 8.3Lavender blush · ΔE 10.7White smoke · ΔE 10.9Gainsboro · ΔE 11.8
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 2.2, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFFAE6
Analogous#E6F7FF, #EDE6FF
Triadic#FFE6EB, #EBFFE6
Split complementary#FFEEE6, #F7FFE6
Tetradic#FFE6F7, #FFFAE6, #E6FFEE

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%#B3C2FF
Darker −20%#8099FF
Darker −30%#4D71FF
Darker −40%#1A48FF
More saturated +25%#E6EBFF
Less saturated −25%#E9EDFC

Channel breakdown

R230
G235
B255
Red230 (90.2%)
Green235 (92.2%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue228°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness95.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E6 · G EB · B FF

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