Colour

#E9EDF8

#E9EDF8
Blue
Light
Nearest: Alice blue

#E9EDF8 is a blue with RGB values 233, 237, 248 and HSL 224°, 52%, 94%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Alice blue.

Colour values

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HEX#E9EDF8

RGBrgb(233, 237, 248)

RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.9294, 0.9725

RGB percentages91.4%, 92.9%, 97.3%

HSLhsl(224, 51.7%, 94.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(224, 6%, 97.3%)

CMYK6%, 4.4%, 0%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,330,808

CSS custom property--colour: #E9EDF8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.84669WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness237.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.93:1

Contrast with white1.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EDEDED

Inverted#161207

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EAEEF9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#E9ECF8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#E6EFF0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.5 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 text17.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Alice blue · ΔE 4.3 Ghost white · ΔE 4.7 Lavender · ΔE 5.3 White smoke · ΔE 6.4 Lavender blush · ΔE 7.7 Snow · ΔE 8.1

Nearest named CSS colourAlice blue (#F0F8FF)ΔE 4.27, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F8F4E9

Analogous#E9F4F8, #EDE9F8

Triadic#F8E9ED, #EDF8E9

Split complementary#F8ECE9, #F5F8E9

Tetradic#F8E9F4, #F8F4E9, #E9F8EC

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%#C2CDEC

Darker −20%#9CAEDF

Darker −30%#758ED3

Darker −40%#4E6EC7

More saturated +25%#E5EBFC

Less saturated −25%#EDEFF4

Channel breakdown

R233

G237

B248

Red233 (91.4%)

Green237 (92.9%)

Blue248 (97.3%)

Hue224°

Saturation (HSL)51.72%

Lightness94.31%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E9 · G ED · B F8

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Colour values

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