Colour

#E8EDFB

#E8EDFB
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#E8EDFB is a blue with RGB values 232, 237, 251 and HSL 224°, 70%, 95%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#E8EDFB#E8EDFB

HEX#E8EDFB

RGBrgb(232, 237, 251)

RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.9294, 0.9843

RGB percentages91%, 92.9%, 98.4%

HSLhsl(224.2, 70.4%, 94.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(224.2, 7.6%, 98.4%)

CMYK7.6%, 5.6%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,265,275

CSS custom property--colour: #E8EDFB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.84689WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness237.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.94:1

Contrast with white1.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EDEDED

Inverted#171204

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E9EEFCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#E8ECFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#E4F0F1no 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 text1.17:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 4.1 Alice blue · ΔE 5.1 Ghost white · ΔE 5.7 White smoke · ΔE 7.9 Lavender blush · ΔE 8.7 Snow · ΔE 9.3

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 4.11, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FBF6E8

Analogous#E8F7FB, #ECE8FB

Triadic#FBE8ED, #EDFBE8

Split complementary#FBECE8, #F7FBE8

Tetradic#FBE8F7, #FBF6E8, #E8FBEC

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%#BDCBF3

Darker −20%#91A9EC

Darker −30%#6687E4

Darker −40%#3A65DD

More saturated +25%#E5EBFE

Less saturated −25%#EBEFF8

Channel breakdown

R232

G237

B251

Red232 (91%)

Green237 (92.9%)

Blue251 (98.4%)

Hue224.21°

Saturation (HSL)70.37%

Lightness94.71%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E8 · G ED · B FB

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