Recognised as Colour
#E8E7E4
- #E8E7E4
- Near-white
- Light
- Nearest: Gainsboro
#E8E7E4 is a near-white with RGB values 232, 231, 228 and HSL 45°, 8%, 90%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.
Colour values
#E8E7E4#E8E7E4
HEX#E8E7E4
RGBrgb(232, 231, 228)
RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.9059, 0.8941
RGB percentages91%, 90.6%, 89.4%
HSLhsl(45, 8%, 90.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(45, 1.7%, 91%)
CMYK0%, 0.4%, 1.7%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,263,716
CSS custom property--colour: #E8E7E4;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.79909WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness231 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.98:1
Contrast with white1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E7E7E7
Inverted#17181B
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.24:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.98:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familynear-white
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#E4E5E8
Analogous#E8E5E4, #E7E8E4
Triadic#E4E8E7, #E7E4E8
Split complementary#E4E7E8, #E5E4E8
Tetradic#E4E8E5, #E4E5E8, #E8E4E7
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R232
G231
B228
Red232 (91%)
Green231 (90.6%)
Blue228 (89.4%)
Hue45°
Saturation (HSL)8%
Lightness90.2%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E8 · G E7 · B E4
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