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Recognised as Colour

#E8E3EB

  • #E8E3EB
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#E8E3EB is a violet with RGB values 232, 227, 235 and HSL 278°, 17%, 91%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#E8E3EB#E8E3EB
HEX#E8E3EB
RGBrgb(232, 227, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.8902, 0.9216
RGB percentages91%, 89%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(277.5, 16.7%, 90.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(277.5, 3.4%, 92.2%)
CMYK1.3%, 3.4%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,262,699
CSS custom property--colour: #E8E3EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78092WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness229.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.62:1
Contrast with white1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5
Inverted#171C14

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E2E4EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#E3E5EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Tritanopia#E8E4E5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.6 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 text16.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 5.5Lavender · ΔE 6.5Lavender blush · ΔE 6.5Ghost white · ΔE 7.2White smoke · ΔE 7.3Light grey · ΔE 7.7
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 5.47, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E6EBE3
Analogous#E4E3EB, #EBE3EA
Triadic#EBE8E3, #E3EBE8
Split complementary#EAEBE3, #E3EBE4
Tetradic#EBE4E3, #E6EBE3, #E3EAEB

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%#D0C5D6
Darker −20%#B7A8C0
Darker −30%#9F8AAB
Darker −40%#866C96
More saturated +25%#EADDF1
Less saturated −25%#E7E7E7

Channel breakdown

R232
G227
B235
Red232 (91%)
Green227 (89%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue277.5°
Saturation (HSL)16.67%
Lightness90.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E8 · G E3 · B EB

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