Colour

#EAE9F6

#EAE9F6
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#EAE9F6 is a blue with RGB values 234, 233, 246 and HSL 245°, 42%, 94%. 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

#EAE9F6#EAE9F6

HEX#EAE9F6

RGBrgb(234, 233, 246)

RGB (0–1)0.9176, 0.9137, 0.9647

RGB percentages91.8%, 91.4%, 96.5%

HSLhsl(244.6, 41.9%, 93.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(244.6, 5.3%, 96.5%)

CMYK4.9%, 5.3%, 0%, 3.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,395,318

CSS custom property--colour: #EAE9F6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.82424WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness234.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.48:1

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

Contrast with black17.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EAEAEA

Inverted#151609

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E6EAF7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#E6EAF6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Tritanopia#E8EBEDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.9 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 text17.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 3.8 Ghost white · ΔE 5.9 Alice blue · ΔE 6.3 Lavender blush · ΔE 7.2 White smoke · ΔE 7.7 Gainsboro · ΔE 8.4

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 3.76, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F5F6E9

Analogous#E9EFF6, #F1E9F6

Triadic#F6EAE9, #E9F6EA

Split complementary#F6F1E9, #EFF6E9

Tetradic#F6E9EF, #F5F6E9, #E9F6F0

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%#C7C5E7

Darker −20%#A5A1D8

Darker −30%#827CCA

Darker −40%#6058BB

More saturated +25%#E7E5FA

Less saturated −25%#EDEDF2

Channel breakdown

R234

G233

B246

Red234 (91.8%)

Green233 (91.4%)

Blue246 (96.5%)

Hue244.62°

Saturation (HSL)41.94%

Lightness93.92%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR EA · G E9 · B F6

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