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Colour

#E6E8EE

  • #E6E8EE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#E6E8EE is a blue with RGB values 230, 232, 238 and HSL 225°, 19%, 92%. 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

#E6E8EE#E6E8EE
HEX#E6E8EE
RGBrgb(230, 232, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.9098, 0.9333
RGB percentages90.2%, 91%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(225, 19%, 91.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(225, 3.4%, 93.3%)
CMYK3.4%, 2.5%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,132,910
CSS custom property--colour: #E6E8EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80709WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness232.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.14:1
Contrast with white1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E8E8E8
Inverted#191711

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E6E8EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0 from the original
Deuteranopia#E6E8EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0 from the original
Tritanopia#E4E9EAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.8 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 text17.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 5.3White smoke · ΔE 5.5Alice blue · ΔE 5.6Ghost white · ΔE 5.8Lavender blush · ΔE 7.3Lavender · ΔE 7.3
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 5.29, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEECE6
Analogous#E6ECEE, #E8E6EE
Triadic#EEE6E8, #E8EEE6
Split complementary#EEE8E6, #ECEEE6
Tetradic#EEE6EC, #EEECE6, #E6EEE8

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%#C8CCD9
Darker −20%#A9B0C5
Darker −30%#8B94B0
Darker −40%#6D789B
More saturated +25%#E1E5F3
Less saturated −25%#EAEAEA

Channel breakdown

R230
G232
B238
Red230 (90.2%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue225°
Saturation (HSL)19.05%
Lightness91.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E6 · G E8 · B EE

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