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Recognised as Colour

#EBEBF6

  • #EBEBF6
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Ghost white

#EBEBF6 is a blue with RGB values 235, 235, 246 and HSL 240°, 38%, 94%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Ghost white.

Colour values

#EBEBF6#EBEBF6
HEX#EBEBF6
RGBrgb(235, 235, 246)
RGB (0–1)0.9216, 0.9216, 0.9647
RGB percentages92.2%, 92.2%, 96.5%
HSLhsl(240, 37.9%, 94.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(240, 4.5%, 96.5%)
CMYK4.5%, 4.5%, 0%, 3.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,461,366
CSS custom property--colour: #EBEBF6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.83733WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness236.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.75:1
Contrast with white1.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ECECEC
Inverted#141409

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E9ECF7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Deuteranopia#E8ECF6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Tritanopia#E9EDEEno 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 text1.18:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Ghost white · ΔE 4.9Lavender · ΔE 4.9Alice blue · ΔE 5.2White smoke · ΔE 6.5Lavender blush · ΔE 6.7Snow · ΔE 7.9
Nearest named CSS colourGhost white (#F8F8FF)ΔE 4.9, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F6F6EB
Analogous#EBF1F6, #F1EBF6
Triadic#F6EBEB, #EBF6EB
Split complementary#F6F1EB, #F1F6EB
Tetradic#F6EBF1, #F6F6EB, #EBF6F1

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%#C8C8E6
Darker −20%#A5A5D6
Darker −30%#8181C7
Darker −40%#5E5EB7
More saturated +25%#E7E7FA
Less saturated −25%#EFEFF2

Channel breakdown

R235
G235
B246
Red235 (92.2%)
Green235 (92.2%)
Blue246 (96.5%)
Hue240°
Saturation (HSL)37.93%
Lightness94.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR EB · G EB · B F6

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