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Colour

#E4E8EA

  • #E4E8EA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#E4E8EA is a blue with RGB values 228, 232, 234 and HSL 200°, 12%, 91%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#E4E8EA#E4E8EA
HEX#E4E8EA
RGBrgb(228, 232, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.8941, 0.9098, 0.9176
RGB percentages89.4%, 91%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(200, 12.5%, 90.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(200, 2.6%, 91.8%)
CMYK2.6%, 0.9%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,001,834
CSS custom property--colour: #E4E8EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80148WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness231 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.03:1
Contrast with white1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E7E7E7
Inverted#1B1715

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E7E8EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#E6E7EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Tritanopia#E3E9E9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 4.4White smoke · ΔE 5.1Alice blue · ΔE 6.1Ghost white · ΔE 6.7Light grey · ΔE 7.4Snow · ΔE 7.7
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 4.35, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EAE6E4
Analogous#E4EAE9, #E4E5EA
Triadic#EAE4E8, #E8EAE4
Split complementary#EAE4E5, #EAE9E4
Tetradic#E9E4EA, #EAE6E4, #E5EAE4

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%#C7D0D4
Darker −20%#ABB7BD
Darker −30%#8E9FA7
Darker −40%#718691
More saturated +25%#DEEAF0
Less saturated −25%#E7E7E7

Channel breakdown

R228
G232
B234
Red228 (89.4%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue200°
Saturation (HSL)12.5%
Lightness90.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E4 · G E8 · B EA

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