Recognised as Colour

#E9E7FA

#E9E7FA
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#E9E7FA is a blue with RGB values 233, 231, 250 and HSL 246°, 66%, 94%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#E9E7FA#E9E7FA

HEX#E9E7FA

RGBrgb(233, 231, 250)

RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.9059, 0.9804

RGB percentages91.4%, 90.6%, 98%

HSLhsl(246.3, 65.5%, 94.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(246.3, 7.6%, 98%)

CMYK6.8%, 7.6%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,329,274

CSS custom property--colour: #E9E7FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81378WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness233.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.28:1

Contrast with white1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E9E9E9

Inverted#161805

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E3E9FBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#E3E9F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Tritanopia#E6EAEDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.6 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 text17.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 1 Ghost white · ΔE 8.3 Alice blue · ΔE 8.7 Lavender blush · ΔE 9.3 White smoke · ΔE 10.7 Gainsboro · ΔE 10.9

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 0.98, indistinguishable to the eye

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F8FAE7

Analogous#E7EFFA, #F3E7FA

Triadic#FAE9E7, #E7FAE9

Split complementary#FAF3E7, #EFFAE7

Tetradic#FAE7EF, #F8FAE7, #E7FAF3

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%#C2BDF1

Darker −20%#9C93E8

Darker −30%#7568E0

Darker −40%#4E3ED7

More saturated +25%#E6E3FE

Less saturated −25%#ECEBF6

Channel breakdown

R233

G231

B250

Red233 (91.4%)

Green231 (90.6%)

Blue250 (98%)

Hue246.32°

Saturation (HSL)65.52%

Lightness94.31%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E9 · G E7 · B FA

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