Colour

#E3E5DF

#E3E5DF
Green
Light
Nearest: Gainsboro

#E3E5DF is a green with RGB values 227, 229, 223 and HSL 80°, 10%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#E3E5DF#E3E5DF

HEX#E3E5DF

RGBrgb(227, 229, 223)

RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.898, 0.8745

RGB percentages89%, 89.8%, 87.5%

HSLhsl(80, 10.3%, 88.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(80, 2.6%, 89.8%)

CMYK0.9%, 0%, 2.6%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,935,519

CSS custom property--colour: #E3E5DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77697WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness227.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.54:1

Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4

Inverted#1C1A20

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E6E4DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#E6E4DFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#E4E4E3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 4.3 Linen · ΔE 6.7 White smoke · ΔE 6.7 Light grey · ΔE 6.9 Sea shell · ΔE 7.8 Floral white · ΔE 8.4

Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 4.3, a close match

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E1DFE5

Analogous#E5E4DF, #E0E5DF

Triadic#DFE3E5, #E5DFE3

Split complementary#DFE0E5, #E4DFE5

Tetradic#DFE5E4, #E1DFE5, #E5DFE0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FCFCFB

Darker −10%#CACEC3

Darker −20%#B2B7A7

Darker −30%#99A08B

Darker −40%#80896F

More saturated +25%#E5ECD8

Less saturated −25%#E2E2E2

Channel breakdown

R227

G229

B223

Red227 (89%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue223 (87.5%)

Hue80°

Saturation (HSL)10.34%

Lightness88.63%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR E3 · G E5 · B DF

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Colour values

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