Recognised as Colour

#EFEFF8

#EFEFF8
Blue
Light
Nearest: Ghost white

#EFEFF8 is a blue with RGB values 239, 239, 248 and HSL 240°, 39%, 95%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Ghost white.

Colour values

#EFEFF8#EFEFF8

HEX#EFEFF8

RGBrgb(239, 239, 248)

RGB (0–1)0.9373, 0.9373, 0.9725

RGB percentages93.7%, 93.7%, 97.3%

HSLhsl(240, 39.1%, 95.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(240, 3.6%, 97.3%)

CMYK3.6%, 3.6%, 0%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,724,536

CSS custom property--colour: #EFEFF8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.86861WCAG 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 18.37:1

Contrast with white1.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black18.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#F0F0F0

Inverted#101007

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EDF0F8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#EDEFF8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#EDF0F2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.14:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text18.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Ghost white · ΔE 3.3 Alice blue · ΔE 3.9 White smoke · ΔE 5 Lavender blush · ΔE 5.8 Snow · ΔE 6.3 Lavender · ΔE 6.4

Nearest named CSS colourGhost white (#F8F8FF)ΔE 3.25, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F8F8EF

Analogous#EFF3F8, #F3EFF8

Triadic#F8EFEF, #EFF8EF

Split complementary#F8F3EF, #F3F8EF

Tetradic#F8EFF3, #F8F8EF, #EFF8F3

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%#CCCCE8

Darker −20%#A8A8D9

Darker −30%#8585C9

Darker −40%#6161BA

More saturated +25%#ECECFB

Less saturated −25%#F2F2F5

Channel breakdown

R239

G239

B248

Red239 (93.7%)

Green239 (93.7%)

Blue248 (97.3%)

Hue240°

Saturation (HSL)39.13%

Lightness95.49%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR EF · G EF · B F8

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Colour values

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