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Recognised as Colour

#E7EFFA

  • #E7EFFA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Alice blue

#E7EFFA is a blue with RGB values 231, 239, 250 and HSL 215°, 66%, 94%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Alice blue.

Colour values

#E7EFFA#E7EFFA
HEX#E7EFFA
RGBrgb(231, 239, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.9373, 0.9804
RGB percentages90.6%, 93.7%, 98%
HSLhsl(214.7, 65.5%, 94.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(214.7, 7.6%, 98%)
CMYK7.6%, 4.4%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,200,250
CSS custom property--colour: #E7EFFA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.85624WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness237.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.12:1
Contrast with white1.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black18.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EEEEEE
Inverted#181005

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EBEFFBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#E9EDFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Tritanopia#E3F1F2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.16:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text18.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Alice blue · ΔE 3.7Ghost white · ΔE 5Lavender · ΔE 6White smoke · ΔE 6.7Azure · ΔE 7.9Snow · ΔE 8.5
Nearest named CSS colourAlice blue (#F0F8FF)ΔE 3.68, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FAF2E7
Analogous#E7F9FA, #E9E7FA
Triadic#FAE7EF, #EFFAE7
Split complementary#FAE9E7, #F9FAE7
Tetradic#FAE7F9, #FAF2E7, #E7FAE9

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%#BDD3F1
Darker −20%#93B7E8
Darker −30%#689BE0
Darker −40%#3E7ED7
More saturated +25%#E3EEFE
Less saturated −25%#EBF0F6

Channel breakdown

R231
G239
B250
Red231 (90.6%)
Green239 (93.7%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue214.74°
Saturation (HSL)65.52%
Lightness94.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E7 · G EF · B FA

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