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Colour

#ECEDFC

  • #ECEDFC
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#ECEDFC is a blue with RGB values 236, 237, 252 and HSL 236°, 73%, 96%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#ECEDFC#ECEDFC
HEX#ECEDFC
RGBrgb(236, 237, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.9294, 0.9882
RGB percentages92.5%, 92.9%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(236.3, 72.7%, 95.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(236.3, 6.3%, 98.8%)
CMYK6.3%, 6%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,527,420
CSS custom property--colour: #ECEDFC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.8543WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness238.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.09:1
Contrast with white1.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black18.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EEEEEE
Inverted#131203

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EAEEFDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Deuteranopia#E9EDFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Tritanopia#E9EFF2no 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 text1.16:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text18.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 3.5Ghost white · ΔE 5.6Alice blue · ΔE 5.8Lavender blush · ΔE 7.8White smoke · ΔE 8.1Snow · ΔE 9.2
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 3.48, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FCFBEC
Analogous#ECF5FC, #F3ECFC
Triadic#FCECED, #EDFCEC
Split complementary#FCF3EC, #F5FCEC
Tetradic#FCECF5, #FCFBEC, #ECFCF3

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%#C0C3F5
Darker −20%#949AEE
Darker −30%#6870E7
Darker −40%#3C46E0
More saturated +25%#E9EBFF
Less saturated −25%#EFEFF9

Channel breakdown

R236
G237
B252
Red236 (92.5%)
Green237 (92.9%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue236.25°
Saturation (HSL)72.73%
Lightness95.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR EC · G ED · B FC

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