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Recognised as Colour

#E6F0FA

  • #E6F0FA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Alice blue

#E6F0FA is a blue with RGB values 230, 240, 250 and HSL 210°, 67%, 94%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Alice blue.

Colour values

#E6F0FA#E6F0FA
HEX#E6F0FA
RGBrgb(230, 240, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.9412, 0.9804
RGB percentages90.2%, 94.1%, 98%
HSLhsl(210, 66.7%, 94.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210, 8%, 98%)
CMYK8%, 4%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,134,970
CSS custom property--colour: #E6F0FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.86045WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness238.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.21:1
Contrast with white1.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black18.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EFEFEF
Inverted#190F05

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#ECF0FBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#EAEEFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Tritanopia#E1F2F3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.15:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text18.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourAlice blue (#F0F8FF)ΔE 3.31, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#FAF0E6
Analogous#E6FAFA, #E6E6FA
Triadic#FAE6F0, #F0FAE6
Split complementary#FAE6E6, #FAFAE6
Tetradic#FAE6FA, #FAF0E6, #E6FAE6

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FFFFFF
Darker −10%#BBD6F1
Darker −20%#91BDE9
Darker −30%#67A3E0
Darker −40%#3C8AD8
More saturated +25%#E2F0FE
Less saturated −25%#EAF0F6

Channel breakdown

R230
G240
B250
Red230 (90.2%)
Green240 (94.1%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue210°
Saturation (HSL)66.67%
Lightness94.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E6 · G F0 · B FA

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