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Colour

#E2E9EA

  • #E2E9EA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#E2E9EA is a cyan with RGB values 226, 233, 234 and HSL 187°, 16%, 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

#E2E9EA#E2E9EA
HEX#E2E9EA
RGBrgb(226, 233, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.9137, 0.9176
RGB percentages88.6%, 91.4%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(187.5, 16%, 90.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(187.5, 3.4%, 91.8%)
CMYK3.4%, 0.4%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,871,018
CSS custom property--colour: #E2E9EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80387WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness231 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.08:1
Contrast with white1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E8E8E8
Inverted#1D1615

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E8E8EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#E6E7EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Tritanopia#E0EAE9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.5 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 text17.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 4.8White smoke · ΔE 5.3Alice blue · ΔE 6.1Ghost white · ΔE 7.1Azure · ΔE 7.6Light grey · ΔE 7.7
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 4.8, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EAE3E2
Analogous#E2EAE7, #E2E5EA
Triadic#EAE2E9, #E9EAE2
Split complementary#EAE2E5, #EAE7E2
Tetradic#E7E2EA, #EAE3E2, #E5EAE2

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%#C4D3D5
Darker −20%#A7BCBF
Darker −30%#89A6AA
Darker −40%#6C8F94
More saturated +25%#DCEEF0
Less saturated −25%#E6E6E6

Channel breakdown

R226
G233
B234
Red226 (88.6%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue187.5°
Saturation (HSL)16%
Lightness90.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E2 · G E9 · B EA

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