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Recognised as Colour

#E8E6E7

  • #E8E6E7
  • Near-white
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#E8E6E7 is a near-white with RGB values 232, 230, 231 and HSL 330°, 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

#E8E6E7#E8E6E7
HEX#E8E6E7
RGBrgb(232, 230, 231)
RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.902, 0.9059
RGB percentages91%, 90.2%, 90.6%
HSLhsl(330, 4.2%, 90.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(330, 0.9%, 91%)
CMYK0%, 0.9%, 0.4%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,263,463
CSS custom property--colour: #E8E6E7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79519WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness230.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.9:1
Contrast with white1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6
Inverted#171918

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E6E6E7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#E7E7E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#E8E6E6no 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 text16.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 3.8White smoke · ΔE 5.1Lavender blush · ΔE 6.8Light grey · ΔE 7Ghost white · ΔE 7Snow · ΔE 7.3
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 3.81, a close match
Hue familynear-white
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E6E8E7
Analogous#E8E6E8, #E8E6E6
Triadic#E7E8E6, #E6E7E8
Split complementary#E6E8E6, #E6E8E8
Tetradic#E8E8E6, #E6E8E7, #E6E6E8

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%#D0CBCE
Darker −20%#B7B1B4
Darker −30%#9F969B
Darker −40%#867C81
More saturated +25%#EEE0E7
Less saturated −25%#E7E7E7

Channel breakdown

R232
G230
B231
Red232 (91%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue231 (90.6%)
Hue330°
Saturation (HSL)4.17%
Lightness90.59%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E8 · G E6 · B E7

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