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Recognised as Colour

#EFECF9

  • #EFECF9
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#EFECF9 is a blue with RGB values 239, 236, 249 and HSL 254°, 52%, 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

#EFECF9#EFECF9
HEX#EFECF9
RGBrgb(239, 236, 249)
RGB (0–1)0.9373, 0.9255, 0.9765
RGB percentages93.7%, 92.5%, 97.6%
HSLhsl(253.8, 52%, 95.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(253.8, 5.2%, 97.6%)
CMYK4%, 5.2%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,723,769
CSS custom property--colour: #EFECF9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.85181WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness238.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.04:1
Contrast with white1.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black18.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EEEEEE
Inverted#101306

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EAEEFAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#EAEDF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Tritanopia#EDEEF0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.16:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text18.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 4.3Ghost white · ΔE 5Alice blue · ΔE 5.9Lavender blush · ΔE 6.3White smoke · ΔE 7.3Snow · ΔE 8.2
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 4.33, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F6F9EC
Analogous#ECF0F9, #F5ECF9
Triadic#F9EFEC, #ECF9EF
Split complementary#F9F5EC, #F0F9EC
Tetradic#F9ECF0, #F6F9EC, #ECF9F6

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%#CEC5ED
Darker −20%#AE9EE1
Darker −30%#8D78D4
Darker −40%#6C51C8
More saturated +25%#EDE9FC
Less saturated −25%#F1EFF6

Channel breakdown

R239
G236
B249
Red239 (93.7%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue249 (97.6%)
Hue253.85°
Saturation (HSL)52%
Lightness95.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR EF · G EC · B F9

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