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Colour

#E3E5ED

  • #E3E5ED
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#E3E5ED is a blue with RGB values 227, 229, 237 and HSL 228°, 22%, 91%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#E3E5ED#E3E5ED
HEX#E3E5ED
RGBrgb(227, 229, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.898, 0.9294
RGB percentages89%, 89.8%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(228, 21.7%, 91%)
HSV / HSBhsv(228, 4.2%, 92.9%)
CMYK4.2%, 3.4%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,935,533
CSS custom property--colour: #E3E5ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78484WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness229.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.7:1
Contrast with white1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5
Inverted#1C1A12

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E3E6EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#E2E5EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#E1E6E7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.26:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 5.3Lavender · ΔE 6.3Alice blue · ΔE 6.5Ghost white · ΔE 6.8White smoke · ΔE 6.9Light grey · ΔE 7.7
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 5.3, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDEBE3
Analogous#E3EAED, #E6E3ED
Triadic#EDE3E5, #E5EDE3
Split complementary#EDE6E3, #EAEDE3
Tetradic#EDE3EA, #EDEBE3, #E3EDE6

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%#C4C8D9
Darker −20%#A5ABC5
Darker −30%#868FB1
Darker −40%#67729D
More saturated +25%#DDE2F3
Less saturated −25%#E8E8E8

Channel breakdown

R227
G229
B237
Red227 (89%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue228°
Saturation (HSL)21.74%
Lightness90.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E3 · G E5 · B ED

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