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Recognised as Colour

#E6E8EB

  • #E6E8EB
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#E6E8EB is a blue with RGB values 230, 232, 235 and HSL 216°, 11%, 91%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#E6E8EB#E6E8EB
HEX#E6E8EB
RGBrgb(230, 232, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.9098, 0.9216
RGB percentages90.2%, 91%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(216, 11.1%, 91.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(216, 2.1%, 92.2%)
CMYK2.1%, 1.3%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,132,907
CSS custom property--colour: #E6E8EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80534WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness231.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.11:1
Contrast with white1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E8E8E8
Inverted#191714

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E7E8EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#E7E8EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#E5E9E9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 4.5White smoke · ΔE 4.9Alice blue · ΔE 6Ghost white · ΔE 6.2Snow · ΔE 7.3Lavender blush · ΔE 7.4
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 4.49, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EBE9E6
Analogous#E6EBEB, #E7E6EB
Triadic#EBE6E8, #E8EBE6
Split complementary#EBE7E6, #EBEBE6
Tetradic#EBE6EB, #EBE9E6, #E6EBE7

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%#CACED4
Darker −20%#ADB4BE
Darker −30%#919AA7
Darker −40%#758090
More saturated +25%#E0E7F1
Less saturated −25%#E9E9E9

Channel breakdown

R230
G232
B235
Red230 (90.2%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue216°
Saturation (HSL)11.11%
Lightness91.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E6 · G E8 · B EB

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