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Sapphire Whisper Clear
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Sapphire Whisper Clear

Blue · Hue 210
Hex
#E7F0F8
RGB
rgb(231, 240, 248)
HSL
hsl(210, 54%, 94%)
CMYK
cmyk(7%, 3%, 0%, 3%)
Metrics
S 54% · L 94%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white
1.2:1Fail
on black
18.2:1AA
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About this color

Sapphire Whisper Clear (#E7F0F8) belongs to the blue family — hue 210°, 54% saturation, 94% lightness. Copy the hex, RGB, or HSL value above, or paste the CSS custom property below into your stylesheet to reference this color directly.

CSS
:root {
  --colorarchive-sapphire-whisper-clear: #E7F0F8;
  --colorarchive-sapphire-whisper-clear-hsl: hsl(210, 54%, 94%);
  --colorarchive-sapphire-whisper-clear-rgb: rgb(231, 240, 248);
}

AI Color Names

Let AI suggest alternative poetic names for this color in English and Chinese.

Design Context

SereneTrustworthyClean
Common in

Social Media · Cloud Storage · Baby Products

Pairs well with

Light gray for tech minimalism, peach for friendly warmth

Design tip

The default choice for tech and social platforms for good reason. Light blue backgrounds reduce anxiety and increase trust.

Cultural context ▶

Light blue represents peace, sky, and openness. It's the most universally liked color, making it safe for global brands.

Color Origins

Blue family

The most-loved color on the planet, and the most overused.

Heritage

Blue is the rarest pigment in the natural world — and so, historically, the most expensive. Ultramarine, ground from lapis lazuli mined only in Afghanistan, was worth more than gold in Renaissance Europe; Vermeer's bills were enormous because of how much he used. Egyptian blue (the first synthetic pigment, ~3000 BCE) was lost for centuries and rediscovered in the 19th. Prussian blue (1704) democratized blue overnight; Yves Klein's IKB (1960) re-aristocratized it.

Across cultures

In ancient Egypt blue was the color of the Nile and the heavens — sacred, protective. In China blue-and-white porcelain (qinghua) defined export ceramics for 600 years. In Mediterranean traditions blue wards off the evil eye. In post-WWII America, blue became the corporate default ('IBM blue'); in Japan, indigo (ai) is the centuries-old workwear dye that became the ground tone of an entire textile tradition. Across the world blue is consistently rated the most-liked color — sometimes by 35% margins.

In the wild

Facebook is blue because Mark Zuckerberg is red-green colorblind. IBM's blue dates to 1947. Levi's blue is the natural color of indigo on cotton. Twitter Blue (#1DA1F2) defined social-media blue for a decade before X scrapped it. Pixar's Up famously runs on a single complementary palette built on blue. The blue checkmark, the blue link, the blue 'send' button — blue has become the default color of digital trust, to the point of being a UX cliché.

How it reads

Blue recedes — physically, the eye focuses blue light slightly behind the retina, which makes blue elements feel deep or distant. It reads as trustworthy, calm, corporate, and (at the cool end) cold. Light blues read airy and clinical; mid blues are the default for tech and finance; deep blues read as luxurious or naval. The omnipresence of blue in software is real: most enterprise UIs reach for it because it offends the fewest stakeholders, which is also the reason it can feel like the absence of a real choice.

This particular tone

A bright, airy reading of the hue — clean and approachable, the kind of color that holds up well in product photography and on light backgrounds.

Lightness band: At this lightness the hue almost recedes into the surface around it — useful for backgrounds, hover states, and any surface where the color should suggest a mood without competing with content.

Saturation band: The clear, mid-saturation register is the most common identity sweet spot — saturated enough to register as a 'real' color, restrained enough not to fight typography or photography placed over it.

Brands using a similar color

Within the public brand-guidelines reference catalog, these are the closest matches to #E7F0F8.

  • Anthropicprimary
    Cream Canvas · #F0EEE6
    →
  • Lululemonneutral
    Off White · #F5F5F5
    →
  • Stripeneutral
    Off White · #F6F9FC
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #E7F0F8.

  • ScandinaviaSnow White
    #F4F0EA · Limewashed plaster, Nordic interiors
    →
  • Korea (Obangsaek)Obangsaek White (백 / baek)
    #F5F5F2 · West — metal element, hemp linen
    →
  • AustraliaBeach Cream
    #F2EFE1 · Western Australian quartz sand
    →

Tonal strip

All lightness levels at this hue and saturation. Click any to navigate.

Palette moves

Instead of stopping at one swatch, use nearby, opposite, and tonal neighbors to branch into a broader palette.

Lighter companion
Sapphire Veil Clear
#F7FAFD · hsl(210, 54%, 98%)
Darker companion
Sapphire Mist Clear
#D8E6F3 · hsl(210, 54%, 90%)
Complementary counterpoint
Coral Whisper Clear
#F8F0E7 · hsl(30, 54%, 94%)
Analogous lead
Indigo Whisper Clear
#E7EAF8 · hsl(230, 54%, 94%)
Analogous echo
Cerulean Whisper Clear
#E7F5F8 · hsl(190, 54%, 94%)
Triadic +120°
Blush Whisper Clear
#F8E7F0 · hsl(330, 54%, 94%)
Triadic +240°
Lime Whisper Clear
#F0F8E7 · hsl(90, 54%, 94%)
Split-comp +150°
Crimson Whisper Clear
#F8E7E7 · hsl(0, 54%, 94%)
Split-comp +210°
Citrine Whisper Clear
#F8F8E7 · hsl(60, 54%, 94%)
Export preview
Base: Sapphire Whisper Clear #E7F0F8
Lighter companion: Sapphire Veil Clear #F7FAFD
Darker companion: Sapphire Mist Clear #D8E6F3
Complementary counterpoint: Coral Whisper Clear #F8F0E7
Analogous lead: Indigo Whisper Clear #E7EAF8
Analogous echo: Cerulean Whisper Clear #E7F5F8
Triadic +120°: Blush Whisper Clear #F8E7F0
Triadic +240°: Lime Whisper Clear #F0F8E7
Split-comp +150°: Crimson Whisper Clear #F8E7E7
Split-comp +210°: Citrine Whisper Clear #F8F8E7

Compare

See how Sapphire Whisper Clear compares side by side with related colors.

vsSapphire Veil ClearvsSapphire Mist ClearvsCoral Whisper ClearvsIndigo Whisper ClearvsCerulean Whisper ClearvsBlush Whisper Clear

Nearest neighbors

The closest archive matches by hue, saturation, and lightness.

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Nearby match
Sapphire Mist Clear
#D8E6F3 · hsl(210, 54%, 90%)
Nearby match
Sapphire Veil Clear
#F7FAFD · hsl(210, 54%, 98%)
Nearby match
Steel Whisper Clear
#E7F1F8 · hsl(205, 54%, 94%)
Nearby match
Sapphire Pearl Clear
#C0D6EC · hsl(210, 54%, 84%)
Nearby match
Steel Mist Clear
#D8E8F3 · hsl(205, 54%, 90%)
Nearby match
Steel Veil Clear
#F7FAFD · hsl(205, 54%, 98%)

Accessible pairings

Archive colors that meet WCAG contrast standards when paired with this color. Use as text-on-background or background-on-text.

Contrast checker
AAA7.9:1
Coral Shadow Faint
#4F4740
AAA7.8:1
Coral Shadow Muted
#54473B
AAA7.6:1
Coral Shadow Dust
#5A4735
AAA7.5:1
Coral Shadow Soft
#60472F
AAA7:1
Coral Shadow Clear
#6E4721
AAA10.8:1
Coral Nocturne Faint
#38332E

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#EAEAF6
Protanopia
#EBEBF6
Tritanopia
#E7F5F4
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