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Recognised as Colour

#EDEDFC

  • #EDEDFC
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#EDEDFC is a blue with RGB values 237, 237, 252 and HSL 240°, 71%, 96%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#EDEDFC#EDEDFC
HEX#EDEDFC
RGBrgb(237, 237, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.9294, 0.9882
RGB percentages92.9%, 92.9%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(240, 71.4%, 95.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(240, 6%, 98.8%)
CMYK6%, 6%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,592,956
CSS custom property--colour: #EDEDFC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.85601WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness238.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.12:1
Contrast with white1.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black18.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EEEEEE
Inverted#121203

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EAEFFDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#E9EEFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Tritanopia#EAEFF2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.5 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 text18.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 3.5Ghost white · ΔE 5.5Alice blue · ΔE 5.9Lavender blush · ΔE 7.6White smoke · ΔE 8.1Snow · ΔE 9.1
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 3.5, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FCFCED
Analogous#EDF5FC, #F5EDFC
Triadic#FCEDED, #EDFCED
Split complementary#FCF5ED, #F5FCED
Tetradic#FCEDF5, #FCFCED, #EDFCF5

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%#C1C1F5
Darker −20%#9696ED
Darker −30%#6A6AE6
Darker −40%#3E3EDF
More saturated +25%#EAEAFF
Less saturated −25%#F0F0F9

Channel breakdown

R237
G237
B252
Red237 (92.9%)
Green237 (92.9%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue240°
Saturation (HSL)71.43%
Lightness95.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR ED · G ED · B FC

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