Recognised as Colour

#E7DEDA

#E7DEDA
Orange
Light
Nearest: Gainsboro

#E7DEDA is a orange with RGB values 231, 222, 218 and HSL 18°, 21%, 88%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#E7DEDA#E7DEDA

HEX#E7DEDA

RGBrgb(231, 222, 218)

RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.8706, 0.8549

RGB percentages90.6%, 87.1%, 85.5%

HSLhsl(18.5, 21.3%, 88%)

HSV / HSBhsv(18.5, 5.6%, 90.6%)

CMYK0%, 3.9%, 5.6%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,195,866

CSS custom property--colour: #E7DEDA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74293WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness224.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.86:1

Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0

Inverted#182125

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E0DFDAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Deuteranopia#E2E0DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original

Tritanopia#EADDDDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 4.1 Light grey · ΔE 5.9 Linen · ΔE 7 Misty rose · ΔE 7.5 Sea shell · ΔE 8.2 White smoke · ΔE 8.4

Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 4.08, a close match

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DAE3E7

Analogous#E7DADC, #E7E5DA

Triadic#DAE7DE, #DEDAE7

Split complementary#DAE7E5, #DADCE7

Tetradic#DCE7DA, #DAE3E7, #E5DAE7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FBFAF9

Darker −10%#D3C2BB

Darker −20%#BFA79C

Darker −30%#AB8B7D

Darker −40%#957060

More saturated +25%#EFDBD2

Less saturated −25%#E1E1E1

Channel breakdown

R231

G222

B218

Red231 (90.6%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue218 (85.5%)

Hue18.46°

Saturation (HSL)21.31%

Lightness88.04%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E7 · G DE · B DA

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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