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Recognised as Colour

#F0F4F9

  • #F0F4F9
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Alice blue

#F0F4F9 is a blue with RGB values 240, 244, 249 and HSL 213°, 43%, 96%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Alice blue.

Colour values

#F0F4F9#F0F4F9
HEX#F0F4F9
RGBrgb(240, 244, 249)
RGB (0–1)0.9412, 0.9569, 0.9765
RGB percentages94.1%, 95.7%, 97.6%
HSLhsl(213.3, 42.9%, 95.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(213.3, 3.6%, 97.6%)
CMYK3.6%, 2%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,791,353
CSS custom property--colour: #F0F4F9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.90066WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness243.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.01:1
Contrast with white1.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black19.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#F4F4F4
Inverted#0F0B06

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F2F4F9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#F1F3F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#EEF5F6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.1:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text19.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Alice blue · ΔE 2Ghost white · ΔE 2.5White smoke · ΔE 2.9Snow · ΔE 4.8White · ΔE 4.9Azure · ΔE 5.5
Nearest named CSS colourAlice blue (#F0F8FF)ΔE 2.04, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F9F5F0
Analogous#F0F9F9, #F1F0F9
Triadic#F9F0F4, #F4F9F0
Split complementary#F9F0F0, #F9F9F0
Tetradic#F9F0F9, #F9F5F0, #F0F9F0

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%#CCD9EA
Darker −20%#A7BFDC
Darker −30%#83A4CD
Darker −40%#5E89BF
More saturated +25%#EDF4FC
Less saturated −25%#F3F4F6

Channel breakdown

R240
G244
B249
Red240 (94.1%)
Green244 (95.7%)
Blue249 (97.6%)
Hue213.33°
Saturation (HSL)42.86%
Lightness95.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR F0 · G F4 · B F9

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