Recognised as Colour

#E9E7EC

#E9E7EC
Violet
Light
Nearest: Gainsboro

#E9E7EC is a violet with RGB values 233, 231, 236 and HSL 264°, 12%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

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HEX#E9E7EC

RGBrgb(233, 231, 236)

RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.9059, 0.9255

RGB percentages91.4%, 90.6%, 92.5%

HSLhsl(264, 11.6%, 91.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(264, 2.1%, 92.5%)

CMYK1.3%, 2.1%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,329,260

CSS custom property--colour: #E9E7EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80532WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness232.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.11:1

Contrast with white1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E8E8E8

Inverted#161813

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E6E8ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#E7E8ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Tritanopia#E9E8E9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 5 White smoke · ΔE 5.3 Ghost white · ΔE 6 Lavender blush · ΔE 6.2 Alice blue · ΔE 6.4 Snow · ΔE 7.3

Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 4.95, a close match

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EAECE7

Analogous#E7E8EC, #ECE7EC

Triadic#ECE9E7, #E7ECE9

Split complementary#ECECE7, #E8ECE7

Tetradic#ECE7E8, #EAECE7, #E7ECEC

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%#CFCBD5

Darker −20%#B5AEBF

Darker −30%#9B92A8

Darker −40%#817592

More saturated +25%#E8E2F1

Less saturated −25%#EAEAEA

Channel breakdown

R233

G231

B236

Red233 (91.4%)

Green231 (90.6%)

Blue236 (92.5%)

Hue264°

Saturation (HSL)11.63%

Lightness91.57%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E9 · G E7 · B EC

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