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Recognised as Colour

#E1E0E5

  • #E1E0E5
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#E1E0E5 is a blue with RGB values 225, 224, 229 and HSL 252°, 9%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#E1E0E5#E1E0E5
HEX#E1E0E5
RGBrgb(225, 224, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.8784, 0.898
RGB percentages88.2%, 87.8%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(252, 8.8%, 88.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(252, 2.2%, 89.8%)
CMYK1.7%, 2.2%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,803,173
CSS custom property--colour: #E1E0E5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74976WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness224.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16:1
Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1
Inverted#1E1F1A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DFE1E5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#DFE1E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Tritanopia#E0E1E2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 3.1Light grey · ΔE 5.5White smoke · ΔE 7.6Lavender · ΔE 8.1Lavender blush · ΔE 8.3Ghost white · ΔE 8.4
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 3.09, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E4E5E0
Analogous#E0E2E5, #E4E0E5
Triadic#E5E1E0, #E0E5E1
Split complementary#E5E4E0, #E2E5E0
Tetradic#E5E0E2, #E4E5E0, #E0E5E4

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%#C6C4CE
Darker −20%#ABA9B6
Darker −30%#908D9F
Darker −40%#767287
More saturated +25%#DDD9EC
Less saturated −25%#E3E3E3

Channel breakdown

R225
G224
B229
Red225 (88.2%)
Green224 (87.8%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue252°
Saturation (HSL)8.77%
Lightness88.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E1 · G E0 · B E5

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