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Recognised as Colour

#E3E9E3

  • #E3E9E3
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#E3E9E3 is a green with RGB values 227, 233, 227 and HSL 120°, 12%, 90%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#E3E9E3#E3E9E3
HEX#E3E9E3
RGBrgb(227, 233, 227)
RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.9137, 0.8902
RGB percentages89%, 91.4%, 89%
HSLhsl(120, 12%, 90.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(120, 2.6%, 91.4%)
CMYK2.6%, 0%, 2.6%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,936,547
CSS custom property--colour: #E3E9E3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80155WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness230.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.03:1
Contrast with white1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E7E7E7
Inverted#1C161C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E9E8E3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#E8E7E3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Tritanopia#E3E9E7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.1 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 text17.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 5.5White smoke · ΔE 6.1Linen · ΔE 7.1Mint cream · ΔE 7.5Sea shell · ΔE 7.9Floral white · ΔE 8
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 5.51, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9E3E9
Analogous#E6E9E3, #E3E9E6
Triadic#E3E3E9, #E9E3E3
Split complementary#E6E3E9, #E9E3E6
Tetradic#E3E6E9, #E9E3E9, #E9E6E3

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%#C6D3C6
Darker −20%#AABCAA
Darker −30%#8DA68D
Darker −40%#718F71
More saturated +25%#DDEFDD
Less saturated −25%#E6E6E6

Channel breakdown

R227
G233
B227
Red227 (89%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue227 (89%)
Hue120°
Saturation (HSL)12%
Lightness90.2%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR E3 · G E9 · B E3

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