Recognised as Colour

#EDF6F9

#EDF6F9
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Alice blue

#EDF6F9 is a cyan with RGB values 237, 246, 249 and HSL 195°, 50%, 95%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Alice blue.

Colour values

#EDF6F9#EDF6F9

HEX#EDF6F9

RGBrgb(237, 246, 249)

RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.9647, 0.9765

RGB percentages92.9%, 96.5%, 97.6%

HSLhsl(195, 50%, 95.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(195, 4.8%, 97.6%)

CMYK4.8%, 1.2%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,595,257

CSS custom property--colour: #EDF6F9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.90756WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness243.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.15:1

Contrast with white1.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black19.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#F4F4F4

Inverted#120906

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F4F5F9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#F2F4F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Tritanopia#EAF7F7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.1:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text19.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Alice blue · ΔE 2.3 White smoke · ΔE 3.5 Azure · ΔE 3.7 Ghost white · ΔE 4 Mint cream · ΔE 5 White · ΔE 5.1

Nearest named CSS colourAlice blue (#F0F8FF)ΔE 2.26, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#F9F0ED

Analogous#EDF9F6, #EDF0F9

Triadic#F9EDF6, #F6F9ED

Split complementary#F9EDF0, #F9F6ED

Tetradic#F6EDF9, #F9F0ED, #F0F9ED

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%#C7E3EC

Darker −20%#A1D0DF

Darker −30%#7ABDD3

Darker −40%#54A9C6

More saturated +25%#EAF7FC

Less saturated −25%#F0F4F6

Channel breakdown

R237

G246

B249

Red237 (92.9%)

Green246 (96.5%)

Blue249 (97.6%)

Hue195°

Saturation (HSL)50%

Lightness95.29%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR ED · G F6 · B F9

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