Colour

#E9EAF5

#E9EAF5
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#E9EAF5 is a blue with RGB values 233, 234, 245 and HSL 235°, 38%, 94%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#E9EAF5#E9EAF5

HEX#E9EAF5

RGBrgb(233, 234, 245)

RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.9176, 0.9608

RGB percentages91.4%, 91.8%, 96.1%

HSLhsl(235, 37.5%, 93.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(235, 4.9%, 96.1%)

CMYK4.9%, 4.5%, 0%, 3.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,330,037

CSS custom property--colour: #E9EAF5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.82762WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness235 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.55:1

Contrast with white1.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EBEBEB

Inverted#16150A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E8EBF6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#E7EAF5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#E7ECEDno 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 text1.2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 4.8 Ghost white · ΔE 5.3 Alice blue · ΔE 5.4 White smoke · ΔE 6.7 Lavender blush · ΔE 7.1 Gainsboro · ΔE 7.7

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 4.82, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F5F4E9

Analogous#E9F0F5, #EEE9F5

Triadic#F5E9EA, #EAF5E9

Split complementary#F5EEE9, #F0F5E9

Tetradic#F5E9F0, #F5F4E9, #E9F5EE

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%#C6C9E5

Darker −20%#A3A7D5

Darker −30%#8086C5

Darker −40%#5D64B5

More saturated +25%#E5E7F9

Less saturated −25%#EDEDF1

Channel breakdown

R233

G234

B245

Red233 (91.4%)

Green234 (91.8%)

Blue245 (96.1%)

Hue235°

Saturation (HSL)37.5%

Lightness93.73%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E9 · G EA · B F5

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