Recognised as Colour

#E0E4E5

#E0E4E5
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Gainsboro

#E0E4E5 is a cyan with RGB values 224, 228, 229 and HSL 192°, 9%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#E0E4E5#E0E4E5

HEX#E0E4E5

RGBrgb(224, 228, 229)

RGB (0–1)0.8784, 0.8941, 0.898

RGB percentages87.8%, 89.4%, 89.8%

HSLhsl(192, 8.8%, 88.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(192, 2.2%, 89.8%)

CMYK2.2%, 0.4%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,738,661

CSS custom property--colour: #E0E4E5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76991WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness226.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.4:1

Contrast with white1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3

Inverted#1F1B1A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E3E4E5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#E2E3E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Tritanopia#DFE4E4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 0.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 3 Light grey · ΔE 6 White smoke · ΔE 6.4 Alice blue · ΔE 7.6 Ghost white · ΔE 8.2 Snow · ΔE 8.9

Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 2.96, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E5E1E0

Analogous#E0E5E4, #E0E2E5

Triadic#E5E0E4, #E4E5E0

Split complementary#E5E0E2, #E5E4E0

Tetradic#E4E0E5, #E5E1E0, #E2E5E0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FCFCFC

Darker −10%#C4CCCE

Darker −20%#A9B4B6

Darker −30%#8D9C9F

Darker −40%#728387

More saturated +25%#D9E8EC

Less saturated −25%#E3E3E3

Channel breakdown

R224

G228

B229

Red224 (87.8%)

Green228 (89.4%)

Blue229 (89.8%)

Hue192°

Saturation (HSL)8.77%

Lightness88.82%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E0 · G E4 · B E5

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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