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Recognised as Colour

#E3EFEC

  • #E3EFEC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: White smoke

#E3EFEC is a cyan with RGB values 227, 239, 236 and HSL 165°, 27%, 91%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is White smoke.

Colour values

#E3EFEC#E3EFEC
HEX#E3EFEC
RGBrgb(227, 239, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.9373, 0.9255
RGB percentages89%, 93.7%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(165, 27.3%, 91.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(165, 5%, 93.7%)
CMYK5%, 0%, 1.3%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,938,092
CSS custom property--colour: #E3EFEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.8412WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness235.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.82:1
Contrast with white1.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ECECEC
Inverted#1C1013

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EEEDECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#EBECECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original
Tritanopia#E0EFEEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.18:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

White smoke · ΔE 5.4Azure · ΔE 5.7Mint cream · ΔE 5.8Alice blue · ΔE 6.5Gainsboro · ΔE 7.3Light cyan · ΔE 7.8
Nearest named CSS colourWhite smoke (#F5F5F5)ΔE 5.44, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFE3E6
Analogous#E3EFE6, #E3ECEF
Triadic#ECE3EF, #EFECE3
Split complementary#EFE3EC, #EFE6E3
Tetradic#E6E3EF, #EFE3E6, #ECEFE3

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%#C3DCD6
Darker −20%#A2CAC0
Darker −30%#82B7AA
Darker −40%#61A594
More saturated +25%#DDF4EF
Less saturated −25%#E9EAE9

Channel breakdown

R227
G239
B236
Red227 (89%)
Green239 (93.7%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue165°
Saturation (HSL)27.27%
Lightness91.37%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR E3 · G EF · B EC

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