Colour

#EEEEFF

#EEEEFF
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#EEEEFF is a blue with RGB values 238, 238, 255 and HSL 240°, 100%, 97%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#EEEEFF#EEEEFF

HEX#EEEEFF

HEX (short)#EEF

RGBrgb(238, 238, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.9333, 1

RGB percentages93.3%, 93.3%, 100%

HSLhsl(240, 100%, 96.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(240, 6.7%, 100%)

CMYK6.7%, 6.7%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,658,751

CSS custom property--colour: #EEEEFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.86546WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness240 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.31:1

Contrast with white1.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black18.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EFEFEF

Inverted#111100

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EAF0FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#EAEFFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Tritanopia#EBF1F3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.15:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text18.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 3.2 Ghost white · ΔE 6.1 Alice blue · ΔE 6.5 Lavender blush · ΔE 8.2 White smoke · ΔE 9 Snow · ΔE 9.8

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 3.16, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FFFFEE

Analogous#EEF7FF, #F7EEFF

Triadic#FFEEEE, #EEFFEE

Split complementary#FFF7EE, #F7FFEE

Tetradic#FFEEF7, #FFFFEE, #EEFFF7

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%#BBBBFF

Darker −20%#8888FF

Darker −30%#5555FF

Darker −40%#2222FF

More saturated +25%#EEEEFF

Less saturated −25%#F0F0FD

Channel breakdown

R238

G238

B255

Red238 (93.3%)

Green238 (93.3%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue240°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness96.67%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR EE · G EE · B FF

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