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#E3E8FF

#e3e8ff ≈ Lavender

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#e3e8ff is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.02% red, 90.98% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 10.98% cyan, 9.02% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 229.29°, with 100% saturation and 94.51% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 17.25:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Lavender (#e6e6fa), ΔE 2.24.

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Relative luminance0.8126

Complementary

  1. #e3e8ff
  2. #fffae3

Split complementary

  1. #e3e8ff
  2. #ffece3
  3. #f6ffe3

Analogous

  1. #e3f6ff
  2. #e3e8ff
  3. #ece3ff

Triadic

  1. #e3e8ff
  2. #ffe3e8
  3. #e8ffe3

Tetradic

  1. #e3e8ff
  2. #fae3ff
  3. #fffae3
  4. #e8ffe3

Square

  1. #e3e8ff
  2. #ffe3f6
  3. #fffae3
  4. #e3ffec

Monochromatic

  1. #4a6aff
  2. #97a9ff
  3. #e3e8ff
  4. #ebeeff
  5. #ebeeff

Shades

#e3e8ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e3e8ff
  2. #ccd1e6
  3. #b6bacc
  4. #9fa2b3
  5. #888b99
  6. #727480
  7. #5b5d66
  8. #44464d
  9. #2d2e33
  10. #17171a
  11. #000000

Tints

#e3e8ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e3e8ff
  2. #e6eaff
  3. #e9edff
  4. #ebefff
  5. #eef1ff
  6. #f1f4ff
  7. #f4f6ff
  8. #f7f8ff
  9. #f9faff
  10. #fcfdff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e3e8ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e3e8ff
  2. #d9def2
  3. #cfd3e6
  4. #c5c9d9
  5. #bbbecc
  6. #b2b4c0
  7. #a8aab3
  8. #9e9fa6
  9. #949599
  10. #8a8a8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.22:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.25:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e9e9e9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e6e8f2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e2eaff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e0e8fe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ddecef ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e2e9ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e1e8ff ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #dfeaf6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e3e8ff {
  color: #e3e8ff;
}
Background
.bg-e3e8ff {
  background-color: #e3e8ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e3e8ff {
  border: 2px solid #e3e8ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e3e8ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 227 232 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 229 100% 95%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e3e8ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e3e8ff, #ece3ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e3e8ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(227 232 255 / 0.35);
}

#e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 2.24 #f8f4ff Magnolia ΔE 6.16 #f8f8ff Ghost White ΔE 7.16 #f0f8ff Alice Blue ΔE 8.06 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 9.43 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.94 #f5f5f5 White Smoke ΔE 10.00 #1c1700 Inverted #e9e9e9 Grayscale 

Lavender
#e3e8ff  rgb(227, 232, 255)  hsl(229, 100%, 95%)  Lavender
#fffae3  rgb(255, 250, 227)  hsl(49, 100%, 95%)  Cornsilk
#ffe3e8  rgb(255, 227, 232)  hsl(349, 100%, 95%)  Pale Pink
#e8ffe3  rgb(232, 255, 227)  hsl(109, 100%, 95%)  Honeydew