What color is #E4FFFA?

#E4FFFA is a very light, vivid spring green, closest to the named color Light Cyan. It belongs to the white family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #E4FFFA?

The RGB value is 228, 255, 250: 228 red, 255 green and 250 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #E4FFFA?

The complementary color is #FFE4E9, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #E4FFFA?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 19.98:1 and white text 1.05:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#E4FFFA color

#E4FFFA rgb(228, 255, 250)

Shades of white

The hex color #E4FFFA is a very light, vivid spring green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 89.4% red, 100% green and 98% blue (228, 255, 250).

Its hue angle is 169°, with 100% saturation and 95% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 0% black.

The closest named color is Light Cyan (#E0FFFF), a difference of 2.3 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 19.98:1).

#E4FFFA color codes

HEX	`#E4FFFA`
RGB	`rgb(228, 255, 250)`
RGB percent	`rgb(89.4%, 100%, 98%)`
HSL	`hsl(169, 100%, 95%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(169, 11%, 100%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(11%, 0%, 2%, 0%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(98, -9.64, -0.58)`
CIE LCH	`lch(98, 9.66, 183.45)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(85.006, 94.915, 104.266)`
Decimal	`15007738`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #E4FFFA, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #E4FFFA	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	19.98:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	1.05:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#E4FFFA as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	1.05:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	19.98:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #E4FFFA looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #e4fffa; }
.text { color: #e4fffa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e4fffa; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(228 255 250 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #e4fffa, #e4f6ff); }

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Questions

What color is #E4FFFA?: #E4FFFA is a very light, vivid spring green, closest to the named color Light Cyan. It belongs to the white family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #E4FFFA?: The RGB value is 228, 255, 250: 228 red, 255 green and 250 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #E4FFFA?: The complementary color is #FFE4E9, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #E4FFFA?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 19.98:1 and white text 1.05:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.