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Recognised as Colour

#EDEBFE

  • #EDEBFE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#EDEBFE is a blue with RGB values 237, 235, 254 and HSL 246°, 90%, 96%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#EDEBFE#EDEBFE
HEX#EDEBFE
RGBrgb(237, 235, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.9216, 0.9961
RGB percentages92.9%, 92.2%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(246.3, 90.5%, 95.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(246.3, 7.5%, 99.6%)
CMYK6.7%, 7.5%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,592,446
CSS custom property--colour: #EDEBFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.84577WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness237.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.92:1
Contrast with white1.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EDEDED
Inverted#121401

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E7EDFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#E7EDFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Tritanopia#EAEEF1no 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 text1.17:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 2.1Ghost white · ΔE 7.5Alice blue · ΔE 8Lavender blush · ΔE 8.8White smoke · ΔE 10.2Snow · ΔE 11
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 2.07, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FCFEEB
Analogous#EBF2FE, #F7EBFE
Triadic#FEEDEB, #EBFEED
Split complementary#FEF7EB, #F2FEEB
Tetradic#FEEBF2, #FCFEEB, #EBFEF7

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%#C1BAFC
Darker −20%#968AF9
Darker −30%#6A59F7
Darker −40%#3E29F4
More saturated +25%#ECEAFF
Less saturated −25%#EFEEFB

Channel breakdown

R237
G235
B254
Red237 (92.9%)
Green235 (92.2%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue246.32°
Saturation (HSL)90.48%
Lightness95.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR ED · G EB · B FE

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