Colour

#F9F9FE

#F9F9FE
Blue
Light
Nearest: Ghost white

#F9F9FE is a blue with RGB values 249, 249, 254 and HSL 240°, 71%, 99%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 20:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Ghost white.

Colour values

#F9F9FE#F9F9FE

HEX#F9F9FE

RGBrgb(249, 249, 254)

RGB (0–1)0.9765, 0.9765, 0.9961

RGB percentages97.6%, 97.6%, 99.6%

HSLhsl(240, 71.4%, 98.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(240, 2%, 99.6%)

CMYK2%, 2%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,382,462

CSS custom property--colour: #F9F9FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.95047WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness249.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 20.01:1

Contrast with white1.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black20.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#F9F9F9

Inverted#060601

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F8FAFEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#F8F9FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#F8FAFBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.05:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text20.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Ghost white · ΔE 1.1 White smoke · ΔE 3 Alice blue · ΔE 3 Snow · ΔE 3.1 White · ΔE 3.2 Lavender blush · ΔE 5.7

Nearest named CSS colourGhost white (#F8F8FF)ΔE 1.06, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FEFEF9

Analogous#F9FBFE, #FBF9FE

Triadic#FEF9F9, #F9FEF9

Split complementary#FEFBF9, #FBFEF9

Tetradic#FEF9FB, #FEFEF9, #F9FEFB

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%#CDCDF7

Darker −20%#A2A2EF

Darker −30%#7676E8

Darker −40%#4A4AE1

More saturated +25%#F8F8FF

Less saturated −25%#FAFAFD

Channel breakdown

R249

G249

B254

Red249 (97.6%)

Green249 (97.6%)

Blue254 (99.6%)

Hue240°

Saturation (HSL)71.43%

Lightness98.63%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR F9 · G F9 · B FE

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Colour values

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