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Recognised as Colour

#EAE8FF

  • #EAE8FF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#EAE8FF is a blue with RGB values 234, 232, 255 and HSL 245°, 100%, 95%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#EAE8FF#EAE8FF
HEX#EAE8FF
RGBrgb(234, 232, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.9176, 0.9098, 1
RGB percentages91.8%, 91%, 100%
HSLhsl(245.2, 100%, 95.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(245.2, 9%, 100%)
CMYK8.2%, 9%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,395,071
CSS custom property--colour: #EAE8FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.82426WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness235.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.49:1
Contrast with white1.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EAEAEA
Inverted#151700

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E3EBFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#E3EAFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Tritanopia#E6EBEFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.2 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 text17.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 1.9Ghost white · ΔE 9.7Alice blue · ΔE 10.1Lavender blush · ΔE 10.8White smoke · ΔE 12.5Gainsboro · ΔE 12.9
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 1.94, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDFFE8
Analogous#E8F2FF, #F5E8FF
Triadic#FFEAE8, #E8FFEA
Split complementary#FFF5E8, #F2FFE8
Tetradic#FFE8F2, #FDFFE8, #E8FFF5

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%#BBB5FF
Darker −20%#8D82FF
Darker −30%#5E4FFF
Darker −40%#301CFF
More saturated +25%#EAE8FF
Less saturated −25%#ECEBFC

Channel breakdown

R234
G232
B255
Red234 (91.8%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue245.22°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness95.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR EA · G E8 · B FF

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