Colour

#E1E5E6

#E1E5E6
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Gainsboro

#E1E5E6 is a cyan with RGB values 225, 229, 230 and HSL 192°, 9%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#E1E5E6#E1E5E6

HEX#E1E5E6

RGBrgb(225, 229, 230)

RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.898, 0.902

RGB percentages88.2%, 89.8%, 90.2%

HSLhsl(192, 9.1%, 89.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(192, 2.2%, 90.2%)

CMYK2.2%, 0.4%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,804,454

CSS custom property--colour: #E1E5E6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77759WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness227.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.55:1

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

Contrast with black16.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4

Inverted#1E1A19

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E4E5E6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#E3E4E6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Tritanopia#E0E5E5no 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 text16.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 3.3 White smoke · ΔE 6.1 Light grey · ΔE 6.3 Alice blue · ΔE 7.3 Ghost white · ΔE 7.9 Snow · ΔE 8.6

Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 3.27, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E6E2E1

Analogous#E1E6E5, #E1E3E6

Triadic#E6E1E5, #E5E6E1

Split complementary#E6E1E3, #E6E5E1

Tetradic#E5E1E6, #E6E2E1, #E3E6E1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FDFDFD

Darker −10%#C5CDCF

Darker −20%#A9B5B8

Darker −30%#8E9DA0

Darker −40%#728489

More saturated +25%#DAE9ED

Less saturated −25%#E3E3E3

Channel breakdown

R225

G229

B230

Red225 (88.2%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue230 (90.2%)

Hue192°

Saturation (HSL)9.09%

Lightness89.22%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E1 · G E5 · B E6

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Colour values

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