Colour

#E6EDFC

#E6EDFC
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#E6EDFC is a blue with RGB values 230, 237, 252 and HSL 221°, 79%, 95%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#E6EDFC#E6EDFC

HEX#E6EDFC

RGBrgb(230, 237, 252)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.9294, 0.9882

RGB percentages90.2%, 92.9%, 98.8%

HSLhsl(220.9, 78.6%, 94.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(220.9, 8.7%, 98.8%)

CMYK8.7%, 6%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,134,204

CSS custom property--colour: #E6EDFC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.8442WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness236.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.88:1

Contrast with white1.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EDEDED

Inverted#191203

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E9EEFDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#E7ECFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#E1F0F2no 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 text1.17:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 4 Alice blue · ΔE 5.5 Ghost white · ΔE 6.3 White smoke · ΔE 8.5 Lavender blush · ΔE 9.5 Azure · ΔE 9.9

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 4.04, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FCF5E6

Analogous#E6F8FC, #EAE6FC

Triadic#FCE6ED, #EDFCE6

Split complementary#FCEAE6, #F8FCE6

Tetradic#FCE6F8, #FCF5E6, #E6FCEA

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%#B8CCF7

Darker −20%#8BABF1

Darker −30%#5D8BEC

Darker −40%#306AE6

More saturated +25%#E3ECFF

Less saturated −25%#E9EEF8

Channel breakdown

R230

G237

B252

Red230 (90.2%)

Green237 (92.9%)

Blue252 (98.8%)

Hue220.91°

Saturation (HSL)78.57%

Lightness94.51%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E6 · G ED · B FC

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Colour values

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