Colour

#EEECFA

#EEECFA
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#EEECFA is a blue with RGB values 238, 236, 250 and HSL 249°, 58%, 95%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#EEECFA#EEECFA

HEX#EEECFA

RGBrgb(238, 236, 250)

RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.9255, 0.9804

RGB percentages93.3%, 92.5%, 98%

HSLhsl(248.6, 58.3%, 95.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(248.6, 5.6%, 98%)

CMYK4.8%, 5.6%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,658,234

CSS custom property--colour: #EEECFA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.8507WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness238.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.01:1

Contrast with white1.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black18.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EDEDED

Inverted#111305

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E9EEFBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#E9EDFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Tritanopia#ECEEF0no 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 text18.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 3.8 Ghost white · ΔE 5.3 Alice blue · ΔE 6 Lavender blush · ΔE 6.8 White smoke · ΔE 7.7 Snow · ΔE 8.7

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 3.82, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F8FAEC

Analogous#ECF1FA, #F5ECFA

Triadic#FAEEEC, #ECFAEE

Split complementary#FAF5EC, #F1FAEC

Tetradic#FAECF1, #F8FAEC, #ECFAF5

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%#CAC4EF

Darker −20%#A69BE5

Darker −30%#8273DA

Darker −40%#5E4BCF

More saturated +25%#ECE9FD

Less saturated −25%#F0EFF7

Channel breakdown

R238

G236

B250

Red238 (93.3%)

Green236 (92.5%)

Blue250 (98%)

Hue248.57°

Saturation (HSL)58.33%

Lightness95.29%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR EE · G EC · B FA

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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