Colour

#E4E7E4

#E4E7E4
Near-white
Light
Nearest: Gainsboro

#E4E7E4 is a near-white with RGB values 228, 231, 228 and HSL 120°, 6%, 90%. 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

#E4E7E4#E4E7E4

HEX#E4E7E4

RGBrgb(228, 231, 228)

RGB (0–1)0.8941, 0.9059, 0.8941

RGB percentages89.4%, 90.6%, 89.4%

HSLhsl(120, 5.9%, 90%)

HSV / HSBhsv(120, 1.3%, 90.6%)

CMYK1.3%, 0%, 1.3%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,001,572

CSS custom property--colour: #E4E7E4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79247WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness229.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.85:1

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

Contrast with black16.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6

Inverted#1B181B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E7E6E4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#E7E6E4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#E4E7E6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1 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 text16.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 4.1 White smoke · ΔE 5.5 Light grey · ΔE 7 Linen · ΔE 7.1 Sea shell · ΔE 7.7 Alice blue · ΔE 7.9

Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 4.06, a close match

Hue familynear-white

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E7E4E7

Analogous#E6E7E4, #E4E7E6

Triadic#E4E4E7, #E7E4E4

Split complementary#E6E4E7, #E7E4E6

Tetradic#E4E6E7, #E7E4E7, #E7E6E4

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%#C9CFC9

Darker −20%#AEB7AE

Darker −30%#939F93

Darker −40%#788778

More saturated +25%#DEEDDE

Less saturated −25%#E6E6E6

Channel breakdown

R228

G231

B228

Red228 (89.4%)

Green231 (90.6%)

Blue228 (89.4%)

Hue120°

Saturation (HSL)5.88%

Lightness90%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR E4 · G E7 · B E4

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