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Recognised as Colour

#E2E9E8

  • #E2E9E8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#E2E9E8 is a cyan with RGB values 226, 233, 232 and HSL 171°, 14%, 90%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#E2E9E8#E2E9E8
HEX#E2E9E8
RGBrgb(226, 233, 232)
RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.9137, 0.9098
RGB percentages88.6%, 91.4%, 91%
HSLhsl(171.4, 13.7%, 90%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.4, 3%, 91.4%)
CMYK3%, 0%, 0.4%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,871,016
CSS custom property--colour: #E2E9E8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80273WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness230.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.05:1
Contrast with white1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E7E7E7
Inverted#1D1617

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E8E8E8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#E7E7E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Tritanopia#E0E9E9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 4.8White smoke · ΔE 5.4Alice blue · ΔE 6.8Azure · ΔE 7.6Ghost white · ΔE 7.7Light grey · ΔE 7.7
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 4.77, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9E2E3
Analogous#E2E9E4, #E2E6E9
Triadic#E8E2E9, #E9E8E2
Split complementary#E9E2E6, #E9E4E2
Tetradic#E4E2E9, #E9E2E3, #E6E9E2

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%#C5D3D1
Darker −20%#A8BDBA
Darker −30%#8BA7A3
Darker −40%#6E918C
More saturated +25%#DCEFED
Less saturated −25%#E5E5E5

Channel breakdown

R226
G233
B232
Red226 (88.6%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue232 (91%)
Hue171.43°
Saturation (HSL)13.73%
Lightness90%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR E2 · G E9 · B E8

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