Colour

#E5E2E1

#E5E2E1
Near-white
Light
Nearest: Gainsboro

#E5E2E1 is a near-white with RGB values 229, 226, 225 and HSL 15°, 7%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#E5E2E1#E5E2E1

HEX#E5E2E1

RGBrgb(229, 226, 225)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.8863, 0.8824

RGB percentages89.8%, 88.6%, 88.2%

HSLhsl(15, 7.1%, 89%)

HSV / HSBhsv(15, 1.7%, 89.8%)

CMYK0%, 1.3%, 1.7%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,065,825

CSS custom property--colour: #E5E2E1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76487WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness226.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.3:1

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

Contrast with black16.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3

Inverted#1A1D1E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E3E2E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#E3E3E1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Tritanopia#E6E2E2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 0.6 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 text16.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 2.6 Light grey · ΔE 5.7 White smoke · ΔE 6.6 Linen · ΔE 7.4 Lavender blush · ΔE 8 Sea shell · ΔE 8.1

Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 2.61, a close match

Hue familynear-white

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E1E4E5

Analogous#E5E1E2, #E5E4E1

Triadic#E1E5E2, #E2E1E5

Split complementary#E1E5E4, #E1E2E5

Tetradic#E2E5E1, #E1E4E5, #E4E1E5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FDFCFC

Darker −10%#CDC8C6

Darker −20%#B6ADAA

Darker −30%#9E938F

Darker −40%#867974

More saturated +25%#ECDEDA

Less saturated −25%#E3E3E3

Channel breakdown

R229

G226

B225

Red229 (89.8%)

Green226 (88.6%)

Blue225 (88.2%)

Hue15°

Saturation (HSL)7.14%

Lightness89.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E5 · G E2 · B E1

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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