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Recognised as Colour

#E2E9ED

  • #E2E9ED
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#E2E9ED is a blue with RGB values 226, 233, 237 and HSL 202°, 23%, 91%. 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

#E2E9ED#E2E9ED
HEX#E2E9ED
RGBrgb(226, 233, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.9137, 0.9294
RGB percentages88.6%, 91.4%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(201.8, 23.4%, 90.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(201.8, 4.6%, 92.9%)
CMYK4.6%, 1.7%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,871,021
CSS custom property--colour: #E2E9ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80561WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness231.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.11:1
Contrast with white1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E8E8E8
Inverted#1D1612

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E7E9EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#E6E7EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Tritanopia#DFEAEAno 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 text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 5.2Alice blue · ΔE 5.5White smoke · ΔE 5.6Ghost white · ΔE 6.5Azure · ΔE 7.8Light grey · ΔE 8
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 5.25, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDE6E2
Analogous#E2EDEC, #E2E3ED
Triadic#EDE2E9, #E9EDE2
Split complementary#EDE2E3, #EDECE2
Tetradic#ECE2ED, #EDE6E2, #E3EDE2

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%#C3D1D9
Darker −20%#A3B9C6
Darker −30%#84A1B2
Darker −40%#648A9F
More saturated +25%#DCEBF3
Less saturated −25%#E8E8E8

Channel breakdown

R226
G233
B237
Red226 (88.6%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue201.82°
Saturation (HSL)23.4%
Lightness90.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E2 · G E9 · B ED

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