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Recognised as Colour

#EDEDF9

  • #EDEDF9
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Ghost white

#EDEDF9 is a blue with RGB values 237, 237, 249 and HSL 240°, 50%, 95%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Ghost white.

Colour values

#EDEDF9#EDEDF9
HEX#EDEDF9
RGBrgb(237, 237, 249)
RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.9294, 0.9765
RGB percentages92.9%, 92.9%, 97.6%
HSLhsl(240, 50%, 95.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(240, 4.8%, 97.6%)
CMYK4.8%, 4.8%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,592,953
CSS custom property--colour: #EDEDF9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.85412WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness238.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.08:1
Contrast with white1.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black18.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EEEEEE
Inverted#121206

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EAEEFAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#EAEEF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Tritanopia#EBEFF1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.4 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 text18.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Ghost white · ΔE 4.5Lavender · ΔE 4.7Alice blue · ΔE 4.9White smoke · ΔE 6.7Lavender blush · ΔE 6.7Snow · ΔE 7.9
Nearest named CSS colourGhost white (#F8F8FF)ΔE 4.52, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F9F9ED
Analogous#EDF3F9, #F3EDF9
Triadic#F9EDED, #EDF9ED
Split complementary#F9F3ED, #F3F9ED
Tetradic#F9EDF3, #F9F9ED, #EDF9F3

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%#C7C7EC
Darker −20%#A1A1DF
Darker −30%#7A7AD3
Darker −40%#5454C6
More saturated +25%#EAEAFC
Less saturated −25%#F0F0F6

Channel breakdown

R237
G237
B249
Red237 (92.9%)
Green237 (92.9%)
Blue249 (97.6%)
Hue240°
Saturation (HSL)50%
Lightness95.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR ED · G ED · B F9

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