Colour

#E2E5EB

#E2E5EB
Blue
Light
Nearest: Gainsboro

#E2E5EB is a blue with RGB values 226, 229, 235 and HSL 220°, 18%, 90%. 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

#E2E5EB#E2E5EB

HEX#E2E5EB

RGBrgb(226, 229, 235)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.898, 0.9216

RGB percentages88.6%, 89.8%, 92.2%

HSLhsl(220, 18.4%, 90.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(220, 3.8%, 92.2%)

CMYK3.8%, 2.6%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,869,995

CSS custom property--colour: #E2E5EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78206WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness228.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.64:1

Contrast with white1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5

Inverted#1D1A14

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E3E5EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#E2E4EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#E0E6E7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 4.5 White smoke · ΔE 6.5 Alice blue · ΔE 6.5 Ghost white · ΔE 7 Light grey · ΔE 7.1 Lavender · ΔE 7.4

Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 4.51, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EBE8E2

Analogous#E2EAEB, #E3E2EB

Triadic#EBE2E5, #E5EBE2

Split complementary#EBE3E2, #EAEBE2

Tetradic#EBE2EA, #EBE8E2, #E2EBE3

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%#C4CAD6

Darker −20%#A6AFC1

Darker −30%#8794AD

Darker −40%#697998

More saturated +25%#DCE3F1

Less saturated −25%#E6E6E6

Channel breakdown

R226

G229

B235

Red226 (88.6%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue235 (92.2%)

Hue220°

Saturation (HSL)18.37%

Lightness90.39%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E2 · G E5 · B EB

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Colour values

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