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Colour

#E5E6E8

  • #E5E6E8
  • Near-white
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#E5E6E8 is a near-white with RGB values 229, 230, 232 and HSL 220°, 6%, 90%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#E5E6E8#E5E6E8
HEX#E5E6E8
RGBrgb(229, 230, 232)
RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.902, 0.9098
RGB percentages89.8%, 90.2%, 91%
HSLhsl(220, 6.1%, 90.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(220, 1.3%, 91%)
CMYK1.3%, 0.9%, 0%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,066,856
CSS custom property--colour: #E5E6E8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79078WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness229.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.82:1
Contrast with white1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6
Inverted#1A1917

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E5E6E8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0 from the original
Deuteranopia#E5E6E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0 from the original
Tritanopia#E4E6E7no 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 text1.25:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 3.7White smoke · ΔE 5.4Light grey · ΔE 6.8Alice blue · ΔE 6.8Ghost white · ΔE 7Lavender blush · ΔE 7.6
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 3.67, a close match
Hue familynear-white
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E8E7E5
Analogous#E5E8E8, #E6E5E8
Triadic#E8E5E6, #E6E8E5
Split complementary#E8E6E5, #E8E8E5
Tetradic#E8E5E8, #E8E7E5, #E5E8E6

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%#CACCD0
Darker −20%#AFB2B8
Darker −30%#9498A0
Darker −40%#797E88
More saturated +25%#DFE4EE
Less saturated −25%#E7E7E7

Channel breakdown

R229
G230
B232
Red229 (89.8%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue232 (91%)
Hue220°
Saturation (HSL)6.12%
Lightness90.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E5 · G E6 · B E8

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