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Recognised as Colour

#E8EEF5

  • #E8EEF5
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Alice blue

#E8EEF5 is a blue with RGB values 232, 238, 245 and HSL 212°, 39%, 94%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Alice blue.

Colour values

#E8EEF5#E8EEF5
HEX#E8EEF5
RGBrgb(232, 238, 245)
RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.9333, 0.9608
RGB percentages91%, 93.3%, 96.1%
HSLhsl(212.3, 39.4%, 93.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(212.3, 5.3%, 96.1%)
CMYK5.3%, 2.9%, 0%, 3.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,265,525
CSS custom property--colour: #E8EEF5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.84897WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness237 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#17110A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ECEEF5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#EAEDF5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Tritanopia#E5F0F0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.1 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

Alice blue · ΔE 3.4Ghost white · ΔE 4.4White smoke · ΔE 4.9Azure · ΔE 7Snow · ΔE 7.1Gainsboro · ΔE 7.3
Nearest named CSS colourAlice blue (#F0F8FF)ΔE 3.41, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F5EFE8
Analogous#E8F5F5, #E9E8F5
Triadic#F5E8EE, #EEF5E8
Split complementary#F5E9E8, #F5F5E8
Tetradic#F5E8F5, #F5EFE8, #E8F5E9

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%#C4D4E6
Darker −20%#A1B9D6
Darker −30%#7D9FC7
Darker −40%#5A85B7
More saturated +25%#E4EEF9
Less saturated −25%#ECEEF1

Channel breakdown

R232
G238
B245
Red232 (91%)
Green238 (93.3%)
Blue245 (96.1%)
Hue212.31°
Saturation (HSL)39.39%
Lightness93.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E8 · G EE · B F5

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