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Recognised as Colour

#EEEBF9

  • #EEEBF9
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#EEEBF9 is a blue with RGB values 238, 235, 249 and HSL 253°, 54%, 95%. 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

#EEEBF9#EEEBF9
HEX#EEEBF9
RGBrgb(238, 235, 249)
RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.9216, 0.9765
RGB percentages93.3%, 92.2%, 97.6%
HSLhsl(252.9, 53.8%, 94.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(252.9, 5.6%, 97.6%)
CMYK4.4%, 5.6%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,657,977
CSS custom property--colour: #EEEBF9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.84433WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness237.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.89:1
Contrast with white1.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EDEDED
Inverted#111406

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E8EDFAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#E9EDF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Tritanopia#ECEDEFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.4 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 text17.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 3.7Ghost white · ΔE 5.6Alice blue · ΔE 6.4Lavender blush · ΔE 6.7White smoke · ΔE 7.9Snow · ΔE 8.8
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 3.74, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F6F9EB
Analogous#EBEFF9, #F5EBF9
Triadic#F9EEEB, #EBF9EE
Split complementary#F9F5EB, #EFF9EB
Tetradic#F9EBEF, #F6F9EB, #EBF9F5

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%#CDC4ED
Darker −20%#AB9DE1
Darker −30%#8A75D6
Darker −40%#694ECA
More saturated +25%#ECE8FC
Less saturated −25%#F0EEF6

Channel breakdown

R238
G235
B249
Red238 (93.3%)
Green235 (92.2%)
Blue249 (97.6%)
Hue252.86°
Saturation (HSL)53.85%
Lightness94.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR EE · G EB · B F9

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