Colour

#ECEEFF

#ECEEFF
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#ECEEFF is a blue with RGB values 236, 238, 255 and HSL 234°, 100%, 96%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#ECEEFF#ECEEFF

HEX#ECEEFF

RGBrgb(236, 238, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.9333, 1

RGB percentages92.5%, 93.3%, 100%

HSLhsl(233.7, 100%, 96.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(233.7, 7.5%, 100%)

CMYK7.5%, 6.7%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,527,679

CSS custom property--colour: #ECEEFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.86202WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness239.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.24:1

Contrast with white1.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black18.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EFEFEF

Inverted#131100

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EAF0FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#E9EEFFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Tritanopia#E8F1F3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.15:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text18.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 3.1 Ghost white · ΔE 6.2 Alice blue · ΔE 6.3 Lavender blush · ΔE 8.7 White smoke · ΔE 9 Snow · ΔE 10

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 3.12, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#FFFDEC

Analogous#ECF8FF, #F4ECFF

Triadic#FFECEE, #EEFFEC

Split complementary#FFF4EC, #F8FFEC

Tetradic#FFECF8, #FFFDEC, #ECFFF4

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%#B9C0FF

Darker −20%#8693FF

Darker −30%#5365FF

Darker −40%#2037FF

More saturated +25%#ECEEFF

Less saturated −25%#EEF0FD

Channel breakdown

R236

G238

B255

Red236 (92.5%)

Green238 (93.3%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue233.68°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness96.27%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR EC · G EE · B FF

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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