Colour

#E5EDEB

#E5EDEB
Cyan
Light
Nearest: White smoke

#E5EDEB is a cyan with RGB values 229, 237, 235 and HSL 165°, 18%, 91%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is White smoke.

Colour values

#E5EDEB#E5EDEB

HEX#E5EDEB

RGBrgb(229, 237, 235)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.9294, 0.9216

RGB percentages89.8%, 92.9%, 92.2%

HSLhsl(165, 18.2%, 91.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(165, 3.4%, 92.9%)

CMYK3.4%, 0%, 0.8%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,068,651

CSS custom property--colour: #E5EDEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.83225WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness234.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.64:1

Contrast with white1.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EBEBEB

Inverted#1A1214

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#ECECEBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#EBEBEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Tritanopia#E3EDECno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.19:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

White smoke · ΔE 4.6 Gainsboro · ΔE 6.1 Alice blue · ΔE 6.2 Mint cream · ΔE 6.3 Azure · ΔE 6.4 Ghost white · ΔE 7.2

Nearest named CSS colourWhite smoke (#F5F5F5)ΔE 4.56, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EDE5E7

Analogous#E5EDE7, #E5EBED

Triadic#EBE5ED, #EDEBE5

Split complementary#EDE5EB, #EDE7E5

Tetradic#E7E5ED, #EDE5E7, #EBEDE5

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%#C7D8D4

Darker −20%#A9C3BD

Darker −30%#8BAEA5

Darker −40%#6C9A8E

More saturated +25%#E0F3EE

Less saturated −25%#E9E9E9

Channel breakdown

R229

G237

B235

Red229 (89.8%)

Green237 (92.9%)

Blue235 (92.2%)

Hue165°

Saturation (HSL)18.18%

Lightness91.37%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR E5 · G ED · B EB

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Colour values

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