Recognised as Colour

#E6E3E5

#E6E3E5
Near-white
Light
Nearest: Gainsboro

#E6E3E5 is a near-white with RGB values 230, 227, 229 and HSL 320°, 6%, 90%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#E6E3E5#E6E3E5

HEX#E6E3E5

RGBrgb(230, 227, 229)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.8902, 0.898

RGB percentages90.2%, 89%, 89.8%

HSLhsl(320, 5.7%, 89.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(320, 1.3%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 1.3%, 0.4%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,131,621

CSS custom property--colour: #E6E3E5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77418WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness228.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.48:1

Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4

Inverted#191C1A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E3E4E5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#E4E4E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Tritanopia#E6E3E4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 0.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 3.1 Light grey · ΔE 6.1 White smoke · ΔE 6.2 Lavender blush · ΔE 7.2 Ghost white · ΔE 7.7 Alice blue · ΔE 8.1

Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 3.13, a close match

Hue familynear-white

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E3E6E4

Analogous#E5E3E6, #E6E3E4

Triadic#E5E6E3, #E3E5E6

Split complementary#E3E6E3, #E3E6E5

Tetradic#E6E6E3, #E3E6E4, #E3E4E6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FEFEFE

Darker −10%#CEC8CC

Darker −20%#B6ADB3

Darker −30%#9E929A

Darker −40%#867781

More saturated +25%#EDDCE7

Less saturated −25%#E4E4E4

Channel breakdown

R230

G227

B229

Red230 (90.2%)

Green227 (89%)

Blue229 (89.8%)

Hue320°

Saturation (HSL)5.66%

Lightness89.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G E3 · B E5

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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