Colour

#E0E8EA

#E0E8EA
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Gainsboro

#E0E8EA is a cyan with RGB values 224, 232, 234 and HSL 192°, 19%, 90%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#E0E8EA#E0E8EA

HEX#E0E8EA

RGBrgb(224, 232, 234)

RGB (0–1)0.8784, 0.9098, 0.9176

RGB percentages87.8%, 91%, 91.8%

HSLhsl(192, 19.2%, 89.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(192, 4.3%, 91.8%)

CMYK4.3%, 0.9%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,739,690

CSS custom property--colour: #E0E8EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79501WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness229.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.9:1

Contrast with white1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6

Inverted#1F1715

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E6E7EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#E5E6EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Tritanopia#DEE9E9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 4.7 White smoke · ΔE 5.9 Alice blue · ΔE 6.3 Ghost white · ΔE 7.4 Light grey · ΔE 7.5 Azure · ΔE 7.9

Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 4.75, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EAE2E0

Analogous#E0EAE7, #E0E3EA

Triadic#EAE0E8, #E8EAE0

Split complementary#EAE0E3, #EAE7E0

Tetradic#E7E0EA, #EAE2E0, #E3EAE0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FEFFFF

Darker −10%#C2D1D5

Darker −20%#A3BBC1

Darker −30%#85A4AC

Darker −40%#678E97

More saturated +25%#DAECF1

Less saturated −25%#E5E5E5

Channel breakdown

R224

G232

B234

Red224 (87.8%)

Green232 (91%)

Blue234 (91.8%)

Hue192°

Saturation (HSL)19.23%

Lightness89.8%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E0 · G E8 · B EA

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Colour values

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