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Colour

#E6E4E6

  • #E6E4E6
  • Near-white
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#E6E4E6 is a near-white with RGB values 230, 228, 230 and HSL 300°, 4%, 90%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#E6E4E6#E6E4E6
HEX#E6E4E6
RGBrgb(230, 228, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.8941, 0.902
RGB percentages90.2%, 89.4%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(300, 3.8%, 89.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(300, 0.9%, 90.2%)
CMYK0%, 0.9%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,131,878
CSS custom property--colour: #E6E4E6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78023WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness228.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.6:1
Contrast with white1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5
Inverted#191B19

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E4E4E6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#E4E5E6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Tritanopia#E6E4E5no 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 text1.26:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 3.3White smoke · ΔE 5.9Light grey · ΔE 6.4Lavender blush · ΔE 7.2Ghost white · ΔE 7.4Alice blue · ΔE 7.7
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 3.28, a close match
Hue familynear-white
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E4E6E4
Analogous#E5E4E6, #E6E4E5
Triadic#E6E6E4, #E4E6E6
Split complementary#E5E6E4, #E4E6E5
Tetradic#E6E5E4, #E4E6E4, #E4E5E6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FFFEFF
Darker −10%#CDCACD
Darker −20%#B5AFB5
Darker −30%#9C959C
Darker −40%#847A84
More saturated +25%#EDDEED
Less saturated −25%#E5E5E5

Channel breakdown

R230
G228
B230
Red230 (90.2%)
Green228 (89.4%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue300°
Saturation (HSL)3.85%
Lightness89.8%
Dominant channelRed and Blue
Hex per channelR E6 · G E4 · B E6

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