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Recognised as Colour

#ECEBFA

  • #ECEBFA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#ECEBFA is a blue with RGB values 236, 235, 250 and HSL 244°, 60%, 95%. 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

#ECEBFA#ECEBFA
HEX#ECEBFA
RGBrgb(236, 235, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.9216, 0.9804
RGB percentages92.5%, 92.2%, 98%
HSLhsl(244, 60%, 95.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(244, 6%, 98%)
CMYK5.6%, 6%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,526,906
CSS custom property--colour: #ECEBFA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.84152WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness237.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.83:1
Contrast with white1.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ECECEC
Inverted#131405

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E8EDFBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#E8ECFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Tritanopia#E9EDF0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.5 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 text17.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 3.1Ghost white · ΔE 6Alice blue · ΔE 6.4Lavender blush · ΔE 7.5White smoke · ΔE 8.3Snow · ΔE 9.4
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 3.13, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F9FAEB
Analogous#EBF1FA, #F4EBFA
Triadic#FAECEB, #EBFAEC
Split complementary#FAF4EB, #F1FAEB
Tetradic#FAEBF1, #F9FAEB, #EBFAF4

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%#C5C2F0
Darker −20%#9E99E6
Darker −30%#7871DB
Darker −40%#5148D1
More saturated +25%#E9E8FD
Less saturated −25%#EFEEF7

Channel breakdown

R236
G235
B250
Red236 (92.5%)
Green235 (92.2%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue244°
Saturation (HSL)60%
Lightness95.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR EC · G EB · B FA

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