Colour

#E8EDFE

#E8EDFE
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#E8EDFE is a blue with RGB values 232, 237, 254 and HSL 226°, 92%, 95%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#E8EDFE#E8EDFE

HEX#E8EDFE

RGBrgb(232, 237, 254)

RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.9294, 0.9961

RGB percentages91%, 92.9%, 99.6%

HSLhsl(226.4, 91.7%, 95.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(226.4, 8.7%, 99.6%)

CMYK8.7%, 6.7%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,265,278

CSS custom property--colour: #E8EDFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.8488WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness237.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.98:1

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

Contrast with black17.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EDEDED

Inverted#171201

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E9EEFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#E7ECFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original

Tritanopia#E3F0F2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.3 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 text17.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 3.1 Alice blue · ΔE 6.3 Ghost white · ΔE 6.7 White smoke · ΔE 9.3 Lavender blush · ΔE 9.5 Snow · ΔE 10.5

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 3.11, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FEF9E8

Analogous#E8F8FE, #EEE8FE

Triadic#FEE8ED, #EDFEE8

Split complementary#FEEEE8, #F8FEE8

Tetradic#FEE8F8, #FEF9E8, #E8FEEE

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%#B7C7FC

Darker −20%#86A0FA

Darker −30%#557AF8

Darker −40%#2554F5

More saturated +25%#E7ECFF

Less saturated −25%#EBEFFB

Channel breakdown

R232

G237

B254

Red232 (91%)

Green237 (92.9%)

Blue254 (99.6%)

Hue226.36°

Saturation (HSL)91.67%

Lightness95.29%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E8 · G ED · B FE

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