Recognised as Colour

#E0E5E4

#E0E5E4
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Gainsboro

#E0E5E4 is a cyan with RGB values 224, 229, 228 and HSL 168°, 9%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#E0E5E4#E0E5E4

HEX#E0E5E4

RGBrgb(224, 229, 228)

RGB (0–1)0.8784, 0.898, 0.8941

RGB percentages87.8%, 89.8%, 89.4%

HSLhsl(168, 8.8%, 88.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(168, 2.2%, 89.8%)

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

24-bit integer14,738,916

CSS custom property--colour: #E0E5E4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77487WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness227.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.5:1

Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4

Inverted#1F1A1B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E4E4E4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#E3E4E4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#DFE5E5no 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 text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 3.3 Light grey · ΔE 6.3 White smoke · ΔE 6.3 Alice blue · ΔE 7.8 Ghost white · ΔE 8.5 Linen · ΔE 8.5

Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 3.35, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E5E0E1

Analogous#E0E5E2, #E0E4E5

Triadic#E4E0E5, #E5E4E0

Split complementary#E5E0E4, #E5E2E0

Tetradic#E2E0E5, #E5E0E1, #E4E5E0

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%#C4CECC

Darker −20%#A9B6B4

Darker −30%#8D9F9C

Darker −40%#728783

More saturated +25%#D9ECE8

Less saturated −25%#E3E3E3

Channel breakdown

R224

G229

B228

Red224 (87.8%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue228 (89.4%)

Hue168°

Saturation (HSL)8.77%

Lightness88.82%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR E0 · G E5 · B E4

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Colour values

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