Colour

#EEEAFF

#EEEAFF
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#EEEAFF is a blue with RGB values 238, 234, 255 and HSL 251°, 100%, 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

#EEEAFF#EEEAFF

HEX#EEEAFF

RGBrgb(238, 234, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.9176, 1

RGB percentages93.3%, 91.8%, 100%

HSLhsl(251.4, 100%, 95.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(251.4, 8.2%, 100%)

CMYK6.7%, 8.2%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,657,727

CSS custom property--colour: #EEEAFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.84243WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness237.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.85:1

Contrast with white1.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ECECEC

Inverted#111500

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E6EDFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#E6ECFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Tritanopia#EBEDF1no 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 text17.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 2.3 Ghost white · ΔE 8.5 Alice blue · ΔE 9.2 Lavender blush · ΔE 9.4 White smoke · ΔE 11.3 Snow · ΔE 11.9

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 2.26, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FBFFEA

Analogous#EAF0FF, #F8EAFF

Triadic#FFEEEA, #EAFFEE

Split complementary#FFF8EA, #F0FFEA

Tetradic#FFEAF0, #FBFFEA, #EAFFF8

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%#C5B7FF

Darker −20%#9B84FF

Darker −30%#7251FF

Darker −40%#491EFF

More saturated +25%#EEEAFF

Less saturated −25%#F0EDFC

Channel breakdown

R238

G234

B255

Red238 (93.3%)

Green234 (91.8%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue251.43°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness95.88%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR EE · G EA · B FF

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Colour values

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