Recognised as Colour

#E9E5EA

#E9E5EA
Violet
Light
Nearest: Gainsboro

#E9E5EA is a violet with RGB values 233, 229, 234 and HSL 288°, 11%, 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

#E9E5EA#E9E5EA

HEX#E9E5EA

RGBrgb(233, 229, 234)

RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.898, 0.9176

RGB percentages91.4%, 89.8%, 91.8%

HSLhsl(288, 10.6%, 90.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(288, 2.1%, 91.8%)

CMYK0.4%, 2.1%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,328,746

CSS custom property--colour: #E9E5EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79303WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness230.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.86:1

Contrast with white1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6

Inverted#161A15

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E5E6EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#E5E6EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Tritanopia#E9E5E7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.6 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 text16.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 4.7 White smoke · ΔE 6 Lavender blush · ΔE 6.1 Ghost white · ΔE 6.6 Alice blue · ΔE 7.2 Light grey · ΔE 7.4

Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 4.67, a close match

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E6EAE5

Analogous#E7E5EA, #EAE5E9

Triadic#EAE9E5, #E5EAE9

Split complementary#E9EAE5, #E5EAE7

Tetradic#EAE7E5, #E6EAE5, #E5E9EA

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%#D1C9D3

Darker −20%#B9ADBC

Darker −30%#A190A6

Darker −40%#8A748F

More saturated +25%#EDDFF0

Less saturated −25%#E8E8E8

Channel breakdown

R233

G229

B234

Red233 (91.4%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue234 (91.8%)

Hue288°

Saturation (HSL)10.64%

Lightness90.78%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E9 · G E5 · B EA

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