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Colour

#E6E1E0

  • #E6E1E0
  • Red
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#E6E1E0 is a red with RGB values 230, 225, 224 and HSL 10°, 11%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#E6E1E0#E6E1E0
HEX#E6E1E0
RGBrgb(230, 225, 224)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.8824, 0.8784
RGB percentages90.2%, 88.2%, 87.8%
HSLhsl(10, 10.7%, 89%)
HSV / HSBhsv(10, 2.6%, 90.2%)
CMYK0%, 2.2%, 2.6%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,131,104
CSS custom property--colour: #E6E1E0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76055WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness226.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.21:1
Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E2E2E2
Inverted#191E1F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E2E1E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#E3E2E0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Tritanopia#E7E0E1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 2.8Light grey · ΔE 5.6White smoke · ΔE 6.9Linen · ΔE 7.3Lavender blush · ΔE 7.8Sea shell · ΔE 8
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 2.83, a close match
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E0E5E6
Analogous#E6E0E2, #E6E4E0
Triadic#E0E6E1, #E1E0E6
Split complementary#E0E6E4, #E0E2E6
Tetradic#E2E6E0, #E0E5E6, #E4E0E6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FDFCFC
Darker −10%#CFC6C4
Darker −20%#B8AAA8
Darker −30%#A28F8B
Darker −40%#8A7470
More saturated +25%#EDDCD9
Less saturated −25%#E3E3E3

Channel breakdown

R230
G225
B224
Red230 (90.2%)
Green225 (88.2%)
Blue224 (87.8%)
Hue10°
Saturation (HSL)10.71%
Lightness89.02%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E6 · G E1 · B E0

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