Colour

#E7E8ED

#E7E8ED
Blue
Light
Nearest: Gainsboro

#E7E8ED is a blue with RGB values 231, 232, 237 and HSL 230°, 14%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#E7E8ED#E7E8ED

HEX#E7E8ED

RGBrgb(231, 232, 237)

RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.9098, 0.9294

RGB percentages90.6%, 91%, 92.9%

HSLhsl(230, 14.3%, 91.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(230, 2.5%, 92.9%)

CMYK2.5%, 2.1%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,198,445

CSS custom property--colour: #E7E8ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80817WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness232.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.16:1

Contrast with white1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E8E8E8

Inverted#181712

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E7E8EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0 from the original

Deuteranopia#E6E8EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#E6E9EAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.22:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 5 White smoke · ΔE 5.2 Alice blue · ΔE 5.7 Ghost white · ΔE 5.8 Lavender blush · ΔE 6.9 Snow · ΔE 7.4

Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 5.02, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EDECE7

Analogous#E7EBED, #E9E7ED

Triadic#EDE7E8, #E8EDE7

Split complementary#EDE9E7, #EBEDE7

Tetradic#EDE7EB, #EDECE7, #E7EDE9

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%#CACCD7

Darker −20%#ADB0C1

Darker −30%#9094AB

Darker −40%#727896

More saturated +25%#E2E4F2

Less saturated −25%#EAEAEA

Channel breakdown

R231

G232

B237

Red231 (90.6%)

Green232 (91%)

Blue237 (92.9%)

Hue230°

Saturation (HSL)14.29%

Lightness91.76%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E7 · G E8 · B ED

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