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Recognised as Colour

#ECECFC

  • #ECECFC
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#ECECFC is a blue with RGB values 236, 236, 252 and HSL 240°, 73%, 96%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#ECECFC#ECECFC
HEX#ECECFC
RGBrgb(236, 236, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.9255, 0.9882
RGB percentages92.5%, 92.5%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(240, 72.7%, 95.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(240, 6.3%, 98.8%)
CMYK6.3%, 6.3%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,527,164
CSS custom property--colour: #ECECFC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.84852WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness237.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.97:1
Contrast with white1.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EDEDED
Inverted#131303

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E9EEFDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#E8EDFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Tritanopia#E9EEF1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.17:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 2.9Ghost white · ΔE 6.1Alice blue · ΔE 6.4Lavender blush · ΔE 8White smoke · ΔE 8.7Snow · ΔE 9.7
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 2.9, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FCFCEC
Analogous#ECF4FC, #F4ECFC
Triadic#FCECEC, #ECFCEC
Split complementary#FCF4EC, #F4FCEC
Tetradic#FCECF4, #FCFCEC, #ECFCF4

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%#C0C0F5
Darker −20%#9494EE
Darker −30%#6868E7
Darker −40%#3C3CE0
More saturated +25%#E9E9FF
Less saturated −25%#EFEFF9

Channel breakdown

R236
G236
B252
Red236 (92.5%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue240°
Saturation (HSL)72.73%
Lightness95.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR EC · G EC · B FC

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