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Recognised as Colour

#E3EFCE

  • #E3EFCE
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Beige

#E3EFCE is a green with RGB values 227, 239, 206 and HSL 82°, 51%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Beige.

Colour values

#E3EFCE#E3EFCE
HEX#E3EFCE
RGBrgb(227, 239, 206)
RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.9373, 0.8078
RGB percentages89%, 93.7%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(81.8, 50.8%, 87.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(81.8, 13.8%, 93.7%)
CMYK5%, 0%, 13.8%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,938,062
CSS custom property--colour: #E3EFCE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.8252WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness231.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.5:1
Contrast with white1.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EAEAEA
Inverted#1C1031

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F3EBCCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#F2EACFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original
Tritanopia#E6EBE6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Beige · ΔE 6.8Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 7.2Light yellow · ΔE 7.9Cornsilk · ΔE 8.8Lemon chiffon · ΔE 10Honeydew · ΔE 11
Nearest named CSS colourBeige (#F5F5DC)ΔE 6.82, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DACEEF
Analogous#EFEBCE, #D3EFCE
Triadic#CEE3EF, #EFCEE3
Split complementary#CED2EF, #EBCEEF
Tetradic#CEEFEB, #DACEEF, #EFCED3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F9FCF4
Darker −10%#CDE2A8
Darker −20%#B7D681
Darker −30%#A1C95B
Darker −40%#89B63B
More saturated +25%#E5F7C6
Less saturated −25%#E1E7D6

Channel breakdown

R227
G239
B206
Red227 (89%)
Green239 (93.7%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue81.82°
Saturation (HSL)50.77%
Lightness87.25%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR E3 · G EF · B CE

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