Colour

#E5E1E4

#E5E1E4
Near-white
Light
Nearest: Gainsboro

#E5E1E4 is a near-white with RGB values 229, 225, 228 and HSL 315°, 7%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#E5E1E4#E5E1E4

HEX#E5E1E4

RGBrgb(229, 225, 228)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.8824, 0.8941

RGB percentages89.8%, 88.2%, 89.4%

HSLhsl(315, 7.1%, 89%)

HSV / HSBhsv(315, 1.7%, 89.8%)

CMYK0%, 1.7%, 0.4%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,065,572

CSS custom property--colour: #E5E1E4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7611WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness226.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.22:1

Contrast with white1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E2E2E2

Inverted#1A1E1B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E1E2E4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#E2E2E4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#E5E1E2no 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 text1.29:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 3 Light grey · ΔE 5.8 White smoke · ΔE 7 Lavender blush · ΔE 7.4 Ghost white · ΔE 8.2 Alice blue · ΔE 8.6

Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 3.02, a close match

Hue familynear-white

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E1E5E2

Analogous#E4E1E5, #E5E1E2

Triadic#E4E5E1, #E1E4E5

Split complementary#E2E5E1, #E1E5E4

Tetradic#E5E4E1, #E1E5E2, #E1E2E5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FDFCFD

Darker −10%#CDC6CB

Darker −20%#B6AAB3

Darker −30%#9E8F9A

Darker −40%#867481

More saturated +25%#ECDAE8

Less saturated −25%#E3E3E3

Channel breakdown

R229

G225

B228

Red229 (89.8%)

Green225 (88.2%)

Blue228 (89.4%)

Hue315°

Saturation (HSL)7.14%

Lightness89.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E5 · G E1 · B E4

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