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Colour

#E6EBEC

  • #E6EBEC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: White smoke

#E6EBEC is a cyan with RGB values 230, 235, 236 and HSL 190°, 14%, 91%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is White smoke.

Colour values

#E6EBEC#E6EBEC
HEX#E6EBEC
RGBrgb(230, 235, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.9216, 0.9255
RGB percentages90.2%, 92.2%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(190, 13.6%, 91.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190, 2.5%, 92.5%)
CMYK2.5%, 0.4%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,133,676
CSS custom property--colour: #E6EBEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.82296WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness233.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.46:1
Contrast with white1.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EAEAEA
Inverted#191413

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EAEBECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#E9EAECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Tritanopia#E5ECEBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

White smoke · ΔE 4.2Gainsboro · ΔE 5.3Alice blue · ΔE 5.5Ghost white · ΔE 6.2Snow · ΔE 6.9Azure · ΔE 7.1
Nearest named CSS colourWhite smoke (#F5F5F5)ΔE 4.25, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ECE7E6
Analogous#E6ECEA, #E6E8EC
Triadic#ECE6EB, #EBECE6
Split complementary#ECE6E8, #ECEAE6
Tetradic#EAE6EC, #ECE7E6, #E8ECE6

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%#C9D4D6
Darker −20%#ACBDC0
Darker −30%#8FA5AA
Darker −40%#728E94
More saturated +25%#E1EFF2
Less saturated −25%#E9E9E9

Channel breakdown

R230
G235
B236
Red230 (90.2%)
Green235 (92.2%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue190°
Saturation (HSL)13.64%
Lightness91.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E6 · G EB · B EC

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