Recognised as Colour

#E6E6EA

#E6E6EA
Blue
Light
Nearest: Gainsboro

#E6E6EA is a blue with RGB values 230, 230, 234 and HSL 240°, 9%, 91%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#E6E6EA#E6E6EA

HEX#E6E6EA

RGBrgb(230, 230, 234)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.902, 0.9176

RGB percentages90.2%, 90.2%, 91.8%

HSLhsl(240, 8.7%, 91%)

HSV / HSBhsv(240, 1.7%, 91.8%)

CMYK1.7%, 1.7%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,132,394

CSS custom property--colour: #E6E6EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79357WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness230.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.87:1

Contrast with white1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6

Inverted#191915

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E5E6EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#E5E6EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#E5E7E7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 4.2 White smoke · ΔE 5.5 Ghost white · ΔE 6.5 Alice blue · ΔE 6.6 Lavender blush · ΔE 7.1 Light grey · ΔE 7.1

Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 4.18, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EAEAE6

Analogous#E6E8EA, #E8E6EA

Triadic#EAE6E6, #E6EAE6

Split complementary#EAE8E6, #E8EAE6

Tetradic#EAE6E8, #EAEAE6, #E6EAE8

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%#CACAD3

Darker −20%#AFAFBB

Darker −30%#9393A4

Darker −40%#77778D

More saturated +25%#E0E0F0

Less saturated −25%#E8E8E8

Channel breakdown

R230

G230

B234

Red230 (90.2%)

Green230 (90.2%)

Blue234 (91.8%)

Hue240°

Saturation (HSL)8.7%

Lightness90.98%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E6 · G E6 · B EA

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