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Recognised as Colour

#E9E7F3

  • #E9E7F3
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#E9E7F3 is a blue with RGB values 233, 231, 243 and HSL 250°, 33%, 93%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#E9E7F3#E9E7F3
HEX#E9E7F3
RGBrgb(233, 231, 243)
RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.9059, 0.9529
RGB percentages91.4%, 90.6%, 95.3%
HSLhsl(250, 33.3%, 92.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(250, 4.9%, 95.3%)
CMYK4.1%, 4.9%, 0%, 4.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,329,267
CSS custom property--colour: #E9E7F3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80947WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness233 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.19:1
Contrast with white1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E8E8E8
Inverted#16180C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E5E8F4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#E5E8F3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Tritanopia#E7E9EBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.22:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 4.2Ghost white · ΔE 6.3Alice blue · ΔE 6.7Lavender blush · ΔE 7Gainsboro · ΔE 7.6White smoke · ΔE 7.7
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 4.19, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F1F3E7
Analogous#E7EBF3, #EFE7F3
Triadic#F3E9E7, #E7F3E9
Split complementary#F3EFE7, #EBF3E7
Tetradic#F3E7EB, #F1F3E7, #E7F3EF

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%#CAC5E2
Darker −20%#ABA3D1
Darker −30%#8C81C0
Darker −40%#6C5FAF
More saturated +25%#E6E2F7
Less saturated −25%#ECEBEE

Channel breakdown

R233
G231
B243
Red233 (91.4%)
Green231 (90.6%)
Blue243 (95.3%)
Hue250°
Saturation (HSL)33.33%
Lightness92.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E9 · G E7 · B F3

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