Colour

#E3E3E4

#E3E3E4
Near-white
Light
Nearest: Gainsboro

#E3E3E4 is a near-white with RGB values 227, 227, 228 and HSL 240°, 2%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#E3E3E4#E3E3E4

HEX#E3E3E4

RGBrgb(227, 227, 228)

RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.8902, 0.8941

RGB percentages89%, 89%, 89.4%

HSLhsl(240, 1.8%, 89.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(240, 0.4%, 89.4%)

CMYK0.4%, 0.4%, 0%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,935,012

CSS custom property--colour: #E3E3E4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7687WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness227.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.37:1

Contrast with white1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3

Inverted#1C1C1B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E3E3E4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0 from the original

Deuteranopia#E3E3E4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0 from the original

Tritanopia#E3E3E3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 0.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 2.6 Light grey · ΔE 5.7 White smoke · ΔE 6.3 Alice blue · ΔE 8 Ghost white · ΔE 8.1 Lavender blush · ΔE 8.1

Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 2.55, a close match

Hue familynear-white

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E4E4E3

Analogous#E3E3E4, #E3E3E4

Triadic#E4E3E3, #E3E4E3

Split complementary#E4E3E3, #E3E4E3

Tetradic#E4E3E3, #E4E4E3, #E3E4E3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FDFDFD

Darker −10%#C9C9CB

Darker −20%#AFAFB2

Darker −30%#959599

Darker −40%#7B7B80

More saturated +25%#DCDCEB

Less saturated −25%#E3E3E3

Channel breakdown

R227

G227

B228

Red227 (89%)

Green227 (89%)

Blue228 (89.4%)

Hue240°

Saturation (HSL)1.82%

Lightness89.22%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E3 · G E3 · B E4

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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