Colour

#E5E3DE

#E5E3DE
Orange
Light
Nearest: Gainsboro

#E5E3DE is a orange with RGB values 229, 227, 222 and HSL 43°, 12%, 88%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#E5E3DE#E5E3DE

HEX#E5E3DE

RGBrgb(229, 227, 222)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.8902, 0.8706

RGB percentages89.8%, 89%, 87.1%

HSLhsl(42.9, 11.9%, 88.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(42.9, 3.1%, 89.8%)

CMYK0%, 0.9%, 3.1%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,066,078

CSS custom property--colour: #E5E3DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7687WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness227 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.37:1

Contrast with white1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3

Inverted#1A1C21

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E4E3DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#E5E3DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0 from the original

Tritanopia#E6E2E2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 3.7 Light grey · ΔE 6.3 Linen · ΔE 6.3 White smoke · ΔE 6.8 Sea shell · ΔE 7.5 Old lace · ΔE 8.5

Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 3.67, a close match

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DEE0E5

Analogous#E5DFDE, #E4E5DE

Triadic#DEE5E3, #E3DEE5

Split complementary#DEE4E5, #DFDEE5

Tetradic#DEE5DF, #DEE0E5, #E5DEE4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FBFBFB

Darker −10%#CFCBC1

Darker −20%#B8B3A5

Darker −30%#A29A88

Darker −40%#8A826D

More saturated +25%#ECE6D7

Less saturated −25%#E2E2E2

Channel breakdown

R229

G227

B222

Red229 (89.8%)

Green227 (89%)

Blue222 (87.1%)

Hue42.86°

Saturation (HSL)11.86%

Lightness88.43%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E5 · G E3 · B DE

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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