Colour

#EAEAEB

#EAEAEB
Near-white
Light
Nearest: White smoke

#EAEAEB is a near-white with RGB values 234, 234, 235 and HSL 240°, 2%, 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

#EAEAEB#EAEAEB

HEX#EAEAEB

RGBrgb(234, 234, 235)

RGB (0–1)0.9176, 0.9176, 0.9216

RGB percentages91.8%, 91.8%, 92.2%

HSLhsl(240, 2.4%, 92%)

HSV / HSBhsv(240, 0.4%, 92.2%)

CMYK0.4%, 0.4%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,395,563

CSS custom property--colour: #EAEAEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.82336WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness234.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.47:1

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

Contrast with black17.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EAEAEA

Inverted#151514

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

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

Deuteranopia#EAEAEBno 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 0.5 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 text17.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

White smoke · ΔE 3.8 Gainsboro · ΔE 5 Ghost white · ΔE 5.9 Alice blue · ΔE 6 Snow · ΔE 6.2 Lavender blush · ΔE 6.6

Nearest named CSS colourWhite smoke (#F5F5F5)ΔE 3.85, a close match

Hue familynear-white

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EBEBEA

Analogous#EAEBEB, #EBEAEB

Triadic#EBEAEA, #EAEBEA

Split complementary#EBEBEA, #EBEBEA

Tetradic#EBEAEB, #EBEBEA, #EAEBEB

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%#D0D0D2

Darker −20%#B6B6B9

Darker −30%#9C9CA0

Darker −40%#828287

More saturated +25%#E5E5F0

Less saturated −25%#EBEBEB

Channel breakdown

R234

G234

B235

Red234 (91.8%)

Green234 (91.8%)

Blue235 (92.2%)

Hue240°

Saturation (HSL)2.44%

Lightness91.96%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR EA · G EA · B EB

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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