Recognised as Colour

#E5EAEC

#E5EAEC
Cyan
Light
Nearest: White smoke

#E5EAEC is a cyan with RGB values 229, 234, 236 and HSL 197°, 16%, 91%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is White smoke.

Colour values

#E5EAEC#E5EAEC

HEX#E5EAEC

RGBrgb(229, 234, 236)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.9176, 0.9255

RGB percentages89.8%, 91.8%, 92.5%

HSLhsl(197.1, 15.6%, 91.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(197.1, 3%, 92.5%)

CMYK3%, 0.8%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,067,884

CSS custom property--colour: #E5EAEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.8156WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness232.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.31:1

Contrast with white1.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E9E9E9

Inverted#1A1513

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E9EAECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#E8E9ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#E3EBEBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.21:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

White smoke · ΔE 4.6 Gainsboro · ΔE 5 Alice blue · ΔE 5.5 Ghost white · ΔE 6.2 Snow · ΔE 7.2 Azure · ΔE 7.5

Nearest named CSS colourWhite smoke (#F5F5F5)ΔE 4.62, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#ECE7E5

Analogous#E5ECEB, #E5E7EC

Triadic#ECE5EA, #EAECE5

Split complementary#ECE5E7, #ECEBE5

Tetradic#EBE5EC, #ECE7E5, #E7ECE5

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%#C8D2D6

Darker −20%#AABAC1

Darker −30%#8DA3AB

Darker −40%#6F8B96

More saturated +25%#DFECF2

Less saturated −25%#E9E9E9

Channel breakdown

R229

G234

B236

Red229 (89.8%)

Green234 (91.8%)

Blue236 (92.5%)

Hue197.14°

Saturation (HSL)15.56%

Lightness91.18%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E5 · G EA · B EC

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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