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Colour

#E4E6ED

  • #E4E6ED
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#E4E6ED is a blue with RGB values 228, 230, 237 and HSL 227°, 20%, 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

#E4E6ED#E4E6ED
HEX#E4E6ED
RGBrgb(228, 230, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.8941, 0.902, 0.9294
RGB percentages89.4%, 90.2%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(226.7, 20%, 91.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(226.7, 3.8%, 92.9%)
CMYK3.8%, 3%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,001,325
CSS custom property--colour: #E4E6ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79202WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness230.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.84:1
Contrast with white1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6
Inverted#1B1912

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E4E6EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0 from the original
Deuteranopia#E4E6EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0 from the original
Tritanopia#E2E7E8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.3 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 text16.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 5.1Alice blue · ΔE 6.2White smoke · ΔE 6.4Ghost white · ΔE 6.5Lavender · ΔE 6.8Light grey · ΔE 7.7
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 5.12, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDEBE4
Analogous#E4EBED, #E7E4ED
Triadic#EDE4E6, #E6EDE4
Split complementary#EDE7E4, #EBEDE4
Tetradic#EDE4EB, #EDEBE4, #E4EDE7

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%#C5CAD9
Darker −20%#A7ADC4
Darker −30%#8891B0
Darker −40%#6A759B
More saturated +25%#DEE3F3
Less saturated −25%#E9E9E9

Channel breakdown

R228
G230
B237
Red228 (89.4%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue226.67°
Saturation (HSL)20%
Lightness91.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E4 · G E6 · B ED

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