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Recognised as Colour

#ECEAFE

  • #ECEAFE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#ECEAFE is a blue with RGB values 236, 234, 254 and HSL 246°, 91%, 96%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#ECEAFE#ECEAFE
HEX#ECEAFE
RGBrgb(236, 234, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.9176, 0.9961
RGB percentages92.5%, 91.8%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(246, 90.9%, 95.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(246, 7.9%, 99.6%)
CMYK7.1%, 7.9%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,526,654
CSS custom property--colour: #ECEAFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.83834WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness237 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.77:1
Contrast with white1.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ECECEC
Inverted#131501

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E6ECFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#E6ECFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Tritanopia#E9EDF0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.1 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 text17.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 1.7Ghost white · ΔE 8.1Alice blue · ΔE 8.5Lavender blush · ΔE 9.3White smoke · ΔE 10.8Snow · ΔE 11.6
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 1.69, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FCFEEA
Analogous#EAF2FE, #F6EAFE
Triadic#FEECEA, #EAFEEC
Split complementary#FEF6EA, #F2FEEA
Tetradic#FEEAF2, #FCFEEA, #EAFEF6

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%#C0B9FC
Darker −20%#9489F9
Darker −30%#6858F7
Darker −40%#3C27F5
More saturated +25%#EBE9FF
Less saturated −25%#EEEDFB

Channel breakdown

R236
G234
B254
Red236 (92.5%)
Green234 (91.8%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue246°
Saturation (HSL)90.91%
Lightness95.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR EC · G EA · B FE

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