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Colour

#E8E6E2

  • #E8E6E2
  • Orange
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#E8E6E2 is a orange with RGB values 232, 230, 226 and HSL 40°, 12%, 90%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#E8E6E2#E8E6E2
HEX#E8E6E2
RGBrgb(232, 230, 226)
RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.902, 0.8863
RGB percentages91%, 90.2%, 88.6%
HSLhsl(40, 11.5%, 89.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(40, 2.6%, 91%)
CMYK0%, 0.9%, 2.6%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,263,458
CSS custom property--colour: #E8E6E2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7924WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness230.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.85:1
Contrast with white1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6
Inverted#17191D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E7E6E2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#E8E6E2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0 from the original
Tritanopia#E9E5E5no 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 text1.25:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 4.2White smoke · ΔE 5.6Linen · ΔE 5.8Sea shell · ΔE 6.6Light grey · ΔE 7.1Snow · ΔE 7.7
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 4.19, a close match
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E2E4E8
Analogous#E8E3E2, #E7E8E2
Triadic#E2E8E6, #E6E2E8
Split complementary#E2E7E8, #E3E2E8
Tetradic#E2E8E3, #E2E4E8, #E8E2E7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FFFFFE
Darker −10%#D1CDC6
Darker −20%#BBB5A9
Darker −30%#A49C8D
Darker −40%#8E8470
More saturated +25%#EEE8DB
Less saturated −25%#E5E5E5

Channel breakdown

R232
G230
B226
Red232 (91%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue226 (88.6%)
Hue40°
Saturation (HSL)11.54%
Lightness89.8%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E8 · G E6 · B E2

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