Colour

#EAEAEA

#EAEAEA
Near-white
Light
Nearest: White smoke

#EAEAEA is a near-white with RGB values 234, 234, 234 and HSL 0°, 0%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is White smoke.

Colour values

#EAEAEA#EAEAEA

HEX#EAEAEA

RGBrgb(234, 234, 234)

RGB (0–1)0.9176, 0.9176, 0.9176

RGB percentages91.8%, 91.8%, 91.8%

HSLhsl(0, 0%, 91.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(0, 0%, 91.8%)

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

24-bit integer15,395,562

CSS custom property--colour: #EAEAEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.82279WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness234 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.46:1

Contrast with white1.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EAEAEA

Inverted#151515

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EAEAEAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0 from the original

Deuteranopia#EAEAEAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0 from the original

Tritanopia#EAEAEAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 0 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

White smoke · ΔE 3.8 Gainsboro · ΔE 4.9 Ghost white · ΔE 6.2 Snow · ΔE 6.2 Alice blue · ΔE 6.3 Sea shell · ΔE 6.7

Nearest named CSS colourWhite smoke (#F5F5F5)ΔE 3.84, a close match

Hue familynear-white

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EAEAEA

Analogous#EAEAEA, #EAEAEA

Triadic#EAEAEA, #EAEAEA

Split complementary#EAEAEA, #EAEAEA

Tetradic#EAEAEA, #EAEAEA, #EAEAEA

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%#D1D1D1

Darker −20%#B7B7B7

Darker −30%#9E9E9E

Darker −40%#848484

More saturated +25%#EFE5E5

Less saturated −25%#EAEAEA

Channel breakdown

R234

G234

B234

Red234 (91.8%)

Green234 (91.8%)

Blue234 (91.8%)

Hue0°

Saturation (HSL)0%

Lightness91.76%

Dominant channelNone: the channels are equal (a neutral grey)

Hex per channelR EA · G EA · B EA

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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