Recognised as Colour

#E7E4EA

#E7E4EA
Violet
Light
Nearest: Gainsboro

#E7E4EA is a violet with RGB values 231, 228, 234 and HSL 270°, 12%, 91%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#E7E4EA#E7E4EA

HEX#E7E4EA

RGBrgb(231, 228, 234)

RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.8941, 0.9176

RGB percentages90.6%, 89.4%, 91.8%

HSLhsl(270, 12.5%, 90.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(270, 2.6%, 91.8%)

CMYK1.3%, 2.6%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,197,418

CSS custom property--colour: #E7E4EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78416WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness229.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.68:1

Contrast with white1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5

Inverted#181B15

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E3E5EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#E4E5EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#E7E5E6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 4.6 White smoke · ΔE 6.5 Lavender blush · ΔE 6.7 Ghost white · ΔE 6.9 Light grey · ΔE 7.2 Alice blue · ΔE 7.3

Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 4.6, a close match

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E7EAE4

Analogous#E4E4EA, #EAE4EA

Triadic#EAE7E4, #E4EAE7

Split complementary#EAEAE4, #E4EAE4

Tetradic#EAE4E4, #E7EAE4, #E4EAEA

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%#CEC7D4

Darker −20%#B4ABBD

Darker −30%#9B8EA7

Darker −40%#817191

More saturated +25%#E7DEF0

Less saturated −25%#E7E7E7

Channel breakdown

R231

G228

B234

Red231 (90.6%)

Green228 (89.4%)

Blue234 (91.8%)

Hue270°

Saturation (HSL)12.5%

Lightness90.59%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E7 · G E4 · B EA

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