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Recognised as Colour

#E6E3E9

  • #E6E3E9
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#E6E3E9 is a violet with RGB values 230, 227, 233 and HSL 270°, 12%, 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

#E6E3E9#E6E3E9
HEX#E6E3E9
RGBrgb(230, 227, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.8902, 0.9137
RGB percentages90.2%, 89%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(270, 12%, 90.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270, 2.6%, 91.4%)
CMYK1.3%, 2.6%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,131,625
CSS custom property--colour: #E6E3E9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77644WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness228.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.53:1
Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4
Inverted#191C16

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E2E4E9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#E3E4E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Tritanopia#E6E4E5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.6 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 text16.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 4.4White smoke · ΔE 6.8Light grey · ΔE 6.9Lavender blush · ΔE 6.9Ghost white · ΔE 7.2Lavender · ΔE 7.4
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 4.36, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E6E9E3
Analogous#E3E3E9, #E9E3E9
Triadic#E9E6E3, #E3E9E6
Split complementary#E9E9E3, #E3E9E3
Tetradic#E9E3E3, #E6E9E3, #E3E9E9

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%#CDC6D3
Darker −20%#B3AABC
Darker −30%#9A8DA6
Darker −40%#80718F
More saturated +25%#E6DDEF
Less saturated −25%#E6E6E6

Channel breakdown

R230
G227
B233
Red230 (90.2%)
Green227 (89%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue270°
Saturation (HSL)12%
Lightness90.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E6 · G E3 · B E9

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