Colour

#E5E5E8

#E5E5E8
Near-white
Light
Nearest: Gainsboro

#E5E5E8 is a near-white with RGB values 229, 229, 232 and HSL 240°, 6%, 90%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#E5E5E8#E5E5E8

HEX#E5E5E8

RGBrgb(229, 229, 232)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.898, 0.9098

RGB percentages89.8%, 89.8%, 91%

HSLhsl(240, 6.1%, 90.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(240, 1.3%, 91%)

CMYK1.3%, 1.3%, 0%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,066,600

CSS custom property--colour: #E5E5E8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78523WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness229.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.7:1

Contrast with white1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5

Inverted#1A1A17

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E4E5E8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#E4E5E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#E4E5E6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 3.6 White smoke · ΔE 5.7 Light grey · ΔE 6.6 Alice blue · ΔE 7 Ghost white · ΔE 7 Lavender blush · ΔE 7.4

Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 3.61, a close match

Hue familynear-white

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E8E8E5

Analogous#E5E7E8, #E7E5E8

Triadic#E8E5E5, #E5E8E5

Split complementary#E8E7E5, #E7E8E5

Tetradic#E8E5E7, #E8E8E5, #E5E8E7

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%#CACAD0

Darker −20%#AFAFB8

Darker −30%#9494A0

Darker −40%#797988

More saturated +25%#DFDFEE

Less saturated −25%#E7E7E7

Channel breakdown

R229

G229

B232

Red229 (89.8%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue232 (91%)

Hue240°

Saturation (HSL)6.12%

Lightness90.39%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E5 · G E5 · B E8

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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