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Recognised as Colour

#E8F6FF

  • #E8F6FF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Alice blue

#E8F6FF is a blue with RGB values 232, 246, 255 and HSL 203°, 100%, 95%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Alice blue.

Colour values

#E8F6FF#E8F6FF
HEX#E8F6FF
RGBrgb(232, 246, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.9647, 1
RGB percentages91%, 96.5%, 100%
HSLhsl(203.5, 100%, 95.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(203.5, 9%, 100%)
CMYK9%, 3.5%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,267,583
CSS custom property--colour: #E8F6FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.90287WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness243 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.06:1
Contrast with white1.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black19.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#F4F4F4
Inverted#170900

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F2F5FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#EFF3FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Tritanopia#E2F8F9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.1:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text19.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Alice blue · ΔE 2.5Ghost white · ΔE 5.1Azure · ΔE 5.4White smoke · ΔE 6.6White · ΔE 7.6Light cyan · ΔE 7.7
Nearest named CSS colourAlice blue (#F0F8FF)ΔE 2.49, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFF1E8
Analogous#E8FFFD, #E8EBFF
Triadic#FFE8F6, #F6FFE8
Split complementary#FFE8EB, #FFFDE8
Tetradic#FDE8FF, #FFF1E8, #EBFFE8

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%#B5E2FF
Darker −20%#82CEFF
Darker −30%#4FBAFF
Darker −40%#1CA6FF
More saturated +25%#E8F6FF
Less saturated −25%#EBF5FC

Channel breakdown

R232
G246
B255
Red232 (91%)
Green246 (96.5%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue203.48°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness95.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E8 · G F6 · B FF

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