Recognised as Colour

#E1E8ED

#E1E8ED
Blue
Light
Nearest: Gainsboro

#E1E8ED is a blue with RGB values 225, 232, 237 and HSL 205°, 25%, 91%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#E1E8ED#E1E8ED

HEX#E1E8ED

RGBrgb(225, 232, 237)

RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.9098, 0.9294

RGB percentages88.2%, 91%, 92.9%

HSLhsl(205, 25%, 90.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(205, 5.1%, 92.9%)

CMYK5.1%, 2.1%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,805,229

CSS custom property--colour: #E1E8ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79835WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness230.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.97:1

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

Contrast with black16.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E7E7E7

Inverted#1E1712

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E6E8EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#E4E6EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Tritanopia#DEE9EAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.5 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 text16.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 5.2 Alice blue · ΔE 5.7 White smoke · ΔE 6.1 Ghost white · ΔE 6.7 Light grey · ΔE 7.9 Lavender · ΔE 8.2

Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 5.22, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EDE6E1

Analogous#E1EDEC, #E1E2ED

Triadic#EDE1E8, #E8EDE1

Split complementary#EDE1E2, #EDECE1

Tetradic#ECE1ED, #EDE6E1, #E2EDE1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FFFFFF

Darker −10%#C1D0DA

Darker −20%#A1B7C7

Darker −30%#819FB4

Darker −40%#6286A1

More saturated +25%#DBE9F3

Less saturated −25%#E7E7E7

Channel breakdown

R225

G232

B237

Red225 (88.2%)

Green232 (91%)

Blue237 (92.9%)

Hue205°

Saturation (HSL)25%

Lightness90.59%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E1 · G E8 · B ED

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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