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Colour

#E8E5FA

  • #E8E5FA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#E8E5FA is a blue with RGB values 232, 229, 250 and HSL 249°, 68%, 94%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#E8E5FA#E8E5FA
HEX#E8E5FA
RGBrgb(232, 229, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.898, 0.9804
RGB percentages91%, 89.8%, 98%
HSLhsl(248.6, 67.7%, 93.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(248.6, 8.4%, 98%)
CMYK7.2%, 8.4%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,263,226
CSS custom property--colour: #E8E5FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80097WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness232.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.02:1
Contrast with white1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E7E7E7
Inverted#171A05

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E1E8FBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#E1E7F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Tritanopia#E5E8ECno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 1.2Ghost white · ΔE 9.5Alice blue · ΔE 9.9Lavender blush · ΔE 10.2Gainsboro · ΔE 11.6White smoke · ΔE 11.9
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 1.17, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F7FAE5
Analogous#E5EDFA, #F3E5FA
Triadic#FAE8E5, #E5FAE8
Split complementary#FAF3E5, #EDFAE5
Tetradic#FAE5ED, #F7FAE5, #E5FAF3

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%#C2BAF2
Darker −20%#9C8FEA
Darker −30%#7665E1
Darker −40%#513AD9
More saturated +25%#E5E1FE
Less saturated −25%#EBE9F6

Channel breakdown

R232
G229
B250
Red232 (91%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue248.57°
Saturation (HSL)67.74%
Lightness93.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E8 · G E5 · B FA

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