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Recognised as Colour

#E7E6E8

  • #E7E6E8
  • Near-white
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#E7E6E8 is a near-white with RGB values 231, 230, 232 and HSL 270°, 4%, 91%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#E7E6E8#E7E6E8
HEX#E7E6E8
RGBrgb(231, 230, 232)
RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.902, 0.9098
RGB percentages90.6%, 90.2%, 91%
HSLhsl(270, 4.2%, 90.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270, 0.9%, 91%)
CMYK0.4%, 0.9%, 0%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,197,928
CSS custom property--colour: #E7E6E8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79409WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness230.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.88:1
Contrast with white1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6
Inverted#181917

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E6E6E8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#E6E6E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#E7E6E7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 0.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.24:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 3.8White smoke · ΔE 5.2Ghost white · ΔE 6.8Light grey · ΔE 7Lavender blush · ΔE 7Alice blue · ΔE 7
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 3.82, a close match
Hue familynear-white
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E7E8E6
Analogous#E6E6E8, #E8E6E8
Triadic#E8E7E6, #E6E8E7
Split complementary#E8E8E6, #E6E8E6
Tetradic#E8E6E6, #E7E8E6, #E6E8E8

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%#CECBD0
Darker −20%#B4B1B7
Darker −30%#9B969F
Darker −40%#817C86
More saturated +25%#E7E0EE
Less saturated −25%#E7E7E7

Channel breakdown

R231
G230
B232
Red231 (90.6%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue232 (91%)
Hue270°
Saturation (HSL)4.17%
Lightness90.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E7 · G E6 · B E8

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