Recognised as Colour

#E5E9EA

#E5E9EA
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Gainsboro

#E5E9EA is a cyan with RGB values 229, 233, 234 and HSL 192°, 11%, 91%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#E5E9EA#E5E9EA

HEX#E5E9EA

RGBrgb(229, 233, 234)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.9137, 0.9176

RGB percentages89.8%, 91.4%, 91.8%

HSLhsl(192, 10.6%, 90.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(192, 2.1%, 91.8%)

CMYK2.1%, 0.4%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,067,626

CSS custom property--colour: #E5E9EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80876WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness231.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.18:1

Contrast with white1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E8E8E8

Inverted#1A1615

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E8E9EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#E7E8EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Tritanopia#E4E9E9no 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 text1.22:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 4.6 White smoke · ΔE 4.7 Alice blue · ΔE 6.1 Ghost white · ΔE 6.6 Snow · ΔE 7.3 Light grey · ΔE 7.7

Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 4.57, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EAE6E5

Analogous#E5EAE9, #E5E7EA

Triadic#EAE5E9, #E9EAE5

Split complementary#EAE5E7, #EAE9E5

Tetradic#E9E5EA, #EAE6E5, #E7EAE5

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%#C9D1D3

Darker −20%#ADB9BC

Darker −30%#90A1A6

Darker −40%#748A8F

More saturated +25%#DFEDF0

Less saturated −25%#E8E8E8

Channel breakdown

R229

G233

B234

Red229 (89.8%)

Green233 (91.4%)

Blue234 (91.8%)

Hue192°

Saturation (HSL)10.64%

Lightness90.78%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E5 · G E9 · B EA

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