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Recognised as Colour

#E7E8FB

  • #E7E8FB
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#E7E8FB is a blue with RGB values 231, 232, 251 and HSL 237°, 71%, 95%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#E7E8FB#E7E8FB
HEX#E7E8FB
RGBrgb(231, 232, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.9098, 0.9843
RGB percentages90.6%, 91%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(237, 71.4%, 94.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(237, 8%, 98.4%)
CMYK8%, 7.6%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,198,459
CSS custom property--colour: #E7E8FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81667WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness233.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.33:1
Contrast with white1.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E9E9E9
Inverted#181704

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E4EAFCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#E3E9FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original
Tritanopia#E3EBEEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.21:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 0.9Ghost white · ΔE 8.2Alice blue · ΔE 8.3Lavender blush · ΔE 9.8White smoke · ΔE 10.6Gainsboro · ΔE 10.9
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 0.88, indistinguishable to the eye
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FBFAE7
Analogous#E7F2FB, #F0E7FB
Triadic#FBE7E8, #E8FBE7
Split complementary#FBF0E7, #F2FBE7
Tetradic#FBE7F2, #FBFAE7, #E7FBF0

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%#BBBEF4
Darker −20%#9094EC
Darker −30%#646AE5
Darker −40%#3840DE
More saturated +25%#E3E5FF
Less saturated −25%#EAEBF7

Channel breakdown

R231
G232
B251
Red231 (90.6%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue237°
Saturation (HSL)71.43%
Lightness94.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E7 · G E8 · B FB

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