Recognised as Colour

#E2DFDD

#E2DFDD
Near-white
Light
Nearest: Gainsboro

#E2DFDD is a near-white with RGB values 226, 223, 221 and HSL 24°, 8%, 88%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#E2DFDD#E2DFDD

HEX#E2DFDD

RGBrgb(226, 223, 221)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.8745, 0.8667

RGB percentages88.6%, 87.5%, 86.7%

HSLhsl(24, 7.9%, 87.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(24, 2.2%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 1.3%, 2.2%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,868,445

CSS custom property--colour: #E2DFDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74165WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness223.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.83:1

Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF

Inverted#1D2022

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E0DFDDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#E1E0DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#E3DEDEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 1.9 Light grey · ΔE 4.7 White smoke · ΔE 7.7 Linen · ΔE 7.9 Sea shell · ΔE 8.9 Lavender blush · ΔE 9

Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 1.94, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familynear-white

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DDE0E2

Analogous#E2DDDE, #E2E2DD

Triadic#DDE2DF, #DFDDE2

Split complementary#DDE2E2, #DDDEE2

Tetradic#DEE2DD, #DDE0E2, #E2DDE2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F9F9F9

Darker −10%#CBC5C1

Darker −20%#B3ABA6

Darker −30%#9C918A

Darker −40%#837870

More saturated +25%#EADDD5

Less saturated −25%#E0E0E0

Channel breakdown

R226

G223

B221

Red226 (88.6%)

Green223 (87.5%)

Blue221 (86.7%)

Hue24°

Saturation (HSL)7.94%

Lightness87.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G DF · B DD

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#E2DFDD

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else