Colour

#E4E6EB

#E4E6EB
Blue
Light
Nearest: Gainsboro

#E4E6EB is a blue with RGB values 228, 230, 235 and HSL 223°, 15%, 91%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#E4E6EB#E4E6EB

HEX#E4E6EB

RGBrgb(228, 230, 235)

RGB (0–1)0.8941, 0.902, 0.9216

RGB percentages89.4%, 90.2%, 92.2%

HSLhsl(222.9, 14.9%, 90.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(222.9, 3%, 92.2%)

CMYK3%, 2.1%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,001,323

CSS custom property--colour: #E4E6EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79086WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness230 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.82:1

Contrast with white1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6

Inverted#1B1914

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E5E6EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#E4E6EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0 from the original

Tritanopia#E3E7E8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.25:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 4.4 White smoke · ΔE 5.9 Alice blue · ΔE 6.3 Ghost white · ΔE 6.6 Light grey · ΔE 7.2 Lavender blush · ΔE 7.7

Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 4.41, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EBE9E4

Analogous#E4EAEB, #E6E4EB

Triadic#EBE4E6, #E6EBE4

Split complementary#EBE6E4, #EAEBE4

Tetradic#EBE4EA, #EBE9E4, #E4EBE6

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%#C7CBD5

Darker −20%#A9B0C0

Darker −30%#8C95AA

Darker −40%#6F7994

More saturated +25%#DEE3F1

Less saturated −25%#E8E8E8

Channel breakdown

R228

G230

B235

Red228 (89.4%)

Green230 (90.2%)

Blue235 (92.2%)

Hue222.86°

Saturation (HSL)14.89%

Lightness90.78%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E4 · G E6 · B EB

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