#e5e9fa

Color #e5e9fa

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Lavender #e6e6fa · ΔE 2.22 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-50 #eef2ff · ΔE 2.5

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Conversions

HEX

#e5e9fa

RGB

rgb(229, 233, 250)

HSL

hsl(228.6, 67.7%, 93.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(228.6, 8.4%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.4%, 6.8%, 0%, 2%)

LAB

lab(92.5, 1.84, -8.67)

LCH

lch(92.5, 8.86, 281.98)

OKLCH

oklch(93.6%, 0.0233, 275.42)

HWB

hwb(228.6, 89.8%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#faf6e5

Analogous

#e5f3fa

#e5e9fa

#ebe5fa

Triadic

#e5e9fa

#fae5e9

#e9fae5

Split-complementary

#e5e9fa

#faebe5

#f3fae5

Tetradic

#e5e9fa

#f6e5fa

#faf6e5

#e9fae5

Square

#e5e9fa

#fae5f3

#faf6e5

#e5faeb

Shades

Color #e5e9fa mixed toward black.

#a2b0ed

#5f78e0

#2745c9

#1a2e86

#0d1743

Tints

Color #e5e9fa mixed toward white.

#e9edfb

#eef0fc

#f2f4fc

#f6f8fd

#fbfbfe

Tones

Color #e5e9fa mixed toward gray.

#e7eaf8

#e8ebf6

#eaecf5

#ecedf3

#eeeef1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

17.37:1

Black text reads better on this background (17.37:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e7e7f6 · ΔE 1.8

Deuteranopia

#e7e6f5 · ΔE 2.3

Tritanopia

#e5f3f2 · ΔE 10.5

Achromatopsia

#e9e9e9 · ΔE 7.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #e5e9fa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e5e9fa]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#e5e9fa (#e5e9fa) is rgb(229, 233, 250) in RGB.

No, #e5e9fa is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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