Colour

#E6ECFB

#E6ECFB
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#E6ECFB is a blue with RGB values 230, 236, 251 and HSL 223°, 72%, 94%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#E6ECFB#E6ECFB

HEX#E6ECFB

RGBrgb(230, 236, 251)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.9255, 0.9843

RGB percentages90.2%, 92.5%, 98.4%

HSLhsl(222.9, 72.4%, 94.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(222.9, 8.4%, 98.4%)

CMYK8.4%, 6%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,133,947

CSS custom property--colour: #E6ECFB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.83779WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness236 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.76:1

Contrast with white1.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ECECEC

Inverted#191304

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E8EDFCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#E6EBFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#E1EFF1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.4 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 text17.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 3.7 Alice blue · ΔE 5.7 Ghost white · ΔE 6.4 White smoke · ΔE 8.6 Lavender blush · ΔE 9.3 Gainsboro · ΔE 9.7

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 3.71, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#FBF5E6

Analogous#E6F7FB, #EAE6FB

Triadic#FBE6EC, #ECFBE6

Split complementary#FBEAE6, #F7FBE6

Tetradic#FBE6F7, #FBF5E6, #E6FBEB

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%#BACBF4

Darker −20%#8EA9ED

Darker −30%#6288E6

Darker −40%#3666DF

More saturated +25%#E2EAFF

Less saturated −25%#EAEEF7

Channel breakdown

R230

G236

B251

Red230 (90.2%)

Green236 (92.5%)

Blue251 (98.4%)

Hue222.86°

Saturation (HSL)72.41%

Lightness94.31%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E6 · G EC · B FB

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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