Colour

#E7ECFB

#E7ECFB
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#E7ECFB is a blue with RGB values 231, 236, 251 and HSL 225°, 71%, 95%. 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

#E7ECFB#E7ECFB

HEX#E7ECFB

RGBrgb(231, 236, 251)

RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.9255, 0.9843

RGB percentages90.6%, 92.5%, 98.4%

HSLhsl(225, 71.4%, 94.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(225, 8%, 98.4%)

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

24-bit integer15,199,483

CSS custom property--colour: #E7ECFB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.83945WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness236.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.79:1

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

Contrast with black17.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ECECEC

Inverted#181304

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E8EDFCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#E7EBFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#E3EFF1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.2 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 text17.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 3.6 Alice blue · ΔE 5.7 Ghost white · ΔE 6.2 White smoke · ΔE 8.5 Lavender blush · ΔE 9 Gainsboro · ΔE 9.7

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 3.56, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FBF6E7

Analogous#E7F6FB, #ECE7FB

Triadic#FBE7EC, #ECFBE7

Split complementary#FBECE7, #F6FBE7

Tetradic#FBE7F6, #FBF6E7, #E7FBEC

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%#BBC9F4

Darker −20%#90A7EC

Darker −30%#6484E5

Darker −40%#3862DE

More saturated +25%#E3EAFF

Less saturated −25%#EAEEF7

Channel breakdown

R231

G236

B251

Red231 (90.6%)

Green236 (92.5%)

Blue251 (98.4%)

Hue225°

Saturation (HSL)71.43%

Lightness94.51%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E7 · G EC · B FB

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Colour values

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