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Recognised as Colour

#EDE9FC

  • #EDE9FC
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#EDE9FC is a blue with RGB values 237, 233, 252 and HSL 253°, 76%, 95%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#EDE9FC#EDE9FC
HEX#EDE9FC
RGBrgb(237, 233, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.9137, 0.9882
RGB percentages92.9%, 91.4%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(252.6, 76%, 95.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(252.6, 7.5%, 98.8%)
CMYK6%, 7.5%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,591,932
CSS custom property--colour: #EDE9FC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.83311WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness236.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.66:1
Contrast with white1.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EBEBEB
Inverted#121603

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E5EBFDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#E6EBFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Tritanopia#EAECEFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.19:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 2Ghost white · ΔE 7.9Alice blue · ΔE 8.6Lavender blush · ΔE 8.7White smoke · ΔE 10.5Snow · ΔE 11.2
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 1.97, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F8FCE9
Analogous#E9EEFC, #F7E9FC
Triadic#FCEDE9, #E9FCED
Split complementary#FCF6E9, #EEFCE9
Tetradic#FCE9EE, #F8FCE9, #E9FCF6

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%#C8BCF6
Darker −20%#A48FF0
Darker −30%#7F62EA
Darker −40%#5A35E4
More saturated +25%#EBE6FF
Less saturated −25%#EFECF9

Channel breakdown

R237
G233
B252
Red237 (92.9%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue252.63°
Saturation (HSL)76%
Lightness95.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR ED · G E9 · B FC

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