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Colour

#ECECED

  • #ECECED
  • Near-white
  • Light
  • Nearest: White smoke

#ECECED is a near-white with RGB values 236, 236, 237 and HSL 240°, 3%, 93%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is White smoke.

Colour values

#ECECED#ECECED
HEX#ECECED
RGBrgb(236, 236, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.9255, 0.9294
RGB percentages92.5%, 92.5%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(240, 2.7%, 92.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(240, 0.4%, 92.9%)
CMYK0.4%, 0.4%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,527,149
CSS custom property--colour: #ECECED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.83938WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness236.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.79:1
Contrast with white1.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ECECEC
Inverted#131312

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ECECEDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0 from the original
Deuteranopia#ECECEDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0 from the original
Tritanopia#ECECECno 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 text1.18:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

White smoke · ΔE 3.2Ghost white · ΔE 5.3Snow · ΔE 5.5Alice blue · ΔE 5.5Gainsboro · ΔE 5.7Lavender blush · ΔE 6.3
Nearest named CSS colourWhite smoke (#F5F5F5)ΔE 3.16, a close match
Hue familynear-white
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDEDEC
Analogous#ECEDED, #EDECED
Triadic#EDECEC, #ECEDEC
Split complementary#EDEDEC, #EDEDEC
Tetradic#EDECED, #EDEDEC, #ECEDED

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%#D2D2D4
Darker −20%#B8B8BB
Darker −30%#9D9DA3
Darker −40%#83838A
More saturated +25%#E7E7F2
Less saturated −25%#EDEDED

Channel breakdown

R236
G236
B237
Red236 (92.5%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue240°
Saturation (HSL)2.7%
Lightness92.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR EC · G EC · B ED

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