Colour

#E9EDFB

#E9EDFB
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#E9EDFB is a blue with RGB values 233, 237, 251 and HSL 227°, 69%, 95%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#E9EDFB#E9EDFB

HEX#E9EDFB

RGBrgb(233, 237, 251)

RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.9294, 0.9843

RGB percentages91.4%, 92.9%, 98.4%

HSLhsl(226.7, 69.2%, 94.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(226.7, 7.2%, 98.4%)

CMYK7.2%, 5.6%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,330,811

CSS custom property--colour: #E9EDFB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.84857WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness237.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.97:1

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

Contrast with black17.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EDEDED

Inverted#161204

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E9EEFCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#E8EDFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.3 from the original

Tritanopia#E5EFF1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.6 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 text17.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 4 Alice blue · ΔE 5.2 Ghost white · ΔE 5.5 White smoke · ΔE 7.8 Lavender blush · ΔE 8.4 Snow · ΔE 9.2

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 4, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FBF7E9

Analogous#E9F6FB, #EEE9FB

Triadic#FBE9ED, #EDFBE9

Split complementary#FBEEE9, #F6FBE9

Tetradic#FBE9F6, #FBF7E9, #E9FBEE

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%#BECAF3

Darker −20%#93A6EB

Darker −30%#6883E3

Darker −40%#3C60DC

More saturated +25%#E6EBFE

Less saturated −25%#ECEFF8

Channel breakdown

R233

G237

B251

Red233 (91.4%)

Green237 (92.9%)

Blue251 (98.4%)

Hue226.67°

Saturation (HSL)69.23%

Lightness94.9%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E9 · G ED · B FB

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Colour values

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