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Recognised as Colour

#EDEAFE

  • #EDEAFE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#EDEAFE is a blue with RGB values 237, 234, 254 and HSL 249°, 91%, 96%. 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

#EDEAFE#EDEAFE
HEX#EDEAFE
RGBrgb(237, 234, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.9176, 0.9961
RGB percentages92.9%, 91.8%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(249, 90.9%, 95.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(249, 7.9%, 99.6%)
CMYK6.7%, 7.9%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,592,190
CSS custom property--colour: #EDEAFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.84006WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness237.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.8:1
Contrast with white1.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ECECEC
Inverted#121501

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E6ECFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#E6ECFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Tritanopia#EAEDF0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.1 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 text17.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 1.9Ghost white · ΔE 8.1Alice blue · ΔE 8.7Lavender blush · ΔE 9.2White smoke · ΔE 10.8Snow · ΔE 11.5
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 1.92, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FBFEEA
Analogous#EAF1FE, #F7EAFE
Triadic#FEEDEA, #EAFEED
Split complementary#FEF7EA, #F1FEEA
Tetradic#FEEAF1, #FBFEEA, #EAFEF7

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%#C3B9FC
Darker −20%#9A89F9
Darker −30%#7058F7
Darker −40%#4627F5
More saturated +25%#ECE9FF
Less saturated −25%#EFEDFB

Channel breakdown

R237
G234
B254
Red237 (92.9%)
Green234 (91.8%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue249°
Saturation (HSL)90.91%
Lightness95.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR ED · G EA · B FE

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