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Colour

#E6ECFA

  • #E6ECFA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#E6ECFA is a blue with RGB values 230, 236, 250 and HSL 222°, 67%, 94%. 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

#E6ECFA#E6ECFA
HEX#E6ECFA
RGBrgb(230, 236, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.9255, 0.9804
RGB percentages90.2%, 92.5%, 98%
HSLhsl(222, 66.7%, 94.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222, 8%, 98%)
CMYK8%, 5.6%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,133,946
CSS custom property--colour: #E6ECFA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.83716WCAG 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 17.74:1
Contrast with white1.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ECECEC
Inverted#191305

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E8EDFBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#E6EBFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Tritanopia#E2EFF0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.18:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 4.1Alice blue · ΔE 5.4Ghost white · ΔE 6.1White smoke · ΔE 8.1Lavender blush · ΔE 9.1Gainsboro · ΔE 9.3
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 4.09, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FAF4E6
Analogous#E6F6FA, #EAE6FA
Triadic#FAE6EC, #ECFAE6
Split complementary#FAEAE6, #F6FAE6
Tetradic#FAE6F6, #FAF4E6, #E6FAEA

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%#BBCCF1
Darker −20%#91ABE9
Darker −30%#678BE0
Darker −40%#3C6BD8
More saturated +25%#E2EAFE
Less saturated −25%#EAEDF6

Channel breakdown

R230
G236
B250
Red230 (90.2%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue222°
Saturation (HSL)66.67%
Lightness94.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E6 · G EC · B FA

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