Colour

#E7EBFB

#E7EBFB
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#E7EBFB is a blue with RGB values 231, 235, 251 and HSL 228°, 71%, 95%. 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

#E7EBFB#E7EBFB

HEX#E7EBFB

RGBrgb(231, 235, 251)

RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.9216, 0.9843

RGB percentages90.6%, 92.2%, 98.4%

HSLhsl(228, 71.4%, 94.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(228, 8%, 98.4%)

CMYK8%, 6.4%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,199,227

CSS custom property--colour: #E7EBFB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.83371WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness235.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.67:1

Contrast with white1.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EBEBEB

Inverted#181404

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E7ECFCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#E6EBFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.3 from the original

Tritanopia#E3EEF0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.19:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 2.9 Alice blue · ΔE 6.3 Ghost white · ΔE 6.7 White smoke · ΔE 9 Lavender blush · ΔE 9.2 Gainsboro · ΔE 9.9

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 2.88, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FBF7E7

Analogous#E7F5FB, #EDE7FB

Triadic#FBE7EB, #EBFBE7

Split complementary#FBEDE7, #F5FBE7

Tetradic#FBE7F5, #FBF7E7, #E7FBED

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%#BBC7F4

Darker −20%#90A2EC

Darker −30%#647EE5

Darker −40%#3859DE

More saturated +25%#E3E9FF

Less saturated −25%#EAEDF7

Channel breakdown

R231

G235

B251

Red231 (90.6%)

Green235 (92.2%)

Blue251 (98.4%)

Hue228°

Saturation (HSL)71.43%

Lightness94.51%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E7 · G EB · B FB

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Colour values

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