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Recognised as Colour

#E6E9E8

  • #E6E9E8
  • Near-white
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#E6E9E8 is a near-white with RGB values 230, 233, 232 and HSL 160°, 6%, 91%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#E6E9E8#E6E9E8
HEX#E6E9E8
RGBrgb(230, 233, 232)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.9137, 0.9098
RGB percentages90.2%, 91.4%, 91%
HSLhsl(160, 6.4%, 90.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(160, 1.3%, 91.4%)
CMYK1.3%, 0%, 0.4%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,133,160
CSS custom property--colour: #E6E9E8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80927WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness232 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.19:1
Contrast with white1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E8E8E8
Inverted#191617

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E9E9E8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#E8E8E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Tritanopia#E5E9E9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 0.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.22:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 4.5White smoke · ΔE 4.6Alice blue · ΔE 6.7Ghost white · ΔE 7.1Snow · ΔE 7.1Linen · ΔE 7.3
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 4.5, a close match
Hue familynear-white
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9E6E7
Analogous#E6E9E7, #E6E9E9
Triadic#E8E6E9, #E9E8E6
Split complementary#E9E6E9, #E9E7E6
Tetradic#E7E6E9, #E9E6E7, #E9E9E6

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%#CBD1CF
Darker −20%#B0B9B6
Darker −30%#95A19D
Darker −40%#798A84
More saturated +25%#E0EFEA
Less saturated −25%#E8E8E8

Channel breakdown

R230
G233
B232
Red230 (90.2%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue232 (91%)
Hue160°
Saturation (HSL)6.38%
Lightness90.78%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR E6 · G E9 · B E8

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