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Recognised as Colour

#E7E5E2

  • #E7E5E2
  • Orange
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#E7E5E2 is a orange with RGB values 231, 229, 226 and HSL 36°, 9%, 90%. 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

#E7E5E2#E7E5E2
HEX#E7E5E2
RGBrgb(231, 229, 226)
RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.898, 0.8863
RGB percentages90.6%, 89.8%, 88.6%
HSLhsl(36, 9.4%, 89.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(36, 2.2%, 90.6%)
CMYK0%, 0.9%, 2.2%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,197,666
CSS custom property--colour: #E7E5E2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78519WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness229.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.7:1
Contrast with white1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5
Inverted#181A1D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E6E5E2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#E6E5E2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#E8E4E4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.7 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 text16.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 3.7White smoke · ΔE 5.8Linen · ΔE 6.3Light grey · ΔE 6.7Sea shell · ΔE 7Snow · ΔE 7.9
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 3.67, a close match
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E2E4E7
Analogous#E7E3E2, #E7E7E2
Triadic#E2E7E5, #E5E2E7
Split complementary#E2E7E7, #E3E2E7
Tetradic#E2E7E3, #E2E4E7, #E7E2E6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FEFEFE
Darker −10%#D0CCC6
Darker −20%#B9B3AA
Darker −30%#A29A8E
Darker −40%#8A8173
More saturated +25%#EEE6DB
Less saturated −25%#E4E4E4

Channel breakdown

R231
G229
B226
Red231 (90.6%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue226 (88.6%)
Hue36°
Saturation (HSL)9.43%
Lightness89.61%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E7 · G E5 · B E2

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