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Recognised as Colour

#EDE7E2

  • #EDE7E2
  • Orange
  • Light
  • Nearest: Linen

#EDE7E2 is a orange with RGB values 237, 231, 226 and HSL 27°, 23%, 91%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Linen.

Colour values

#EDE7E2#EDE7E2
HEX#EDE7E2
RGBrgb(237, 231, 226)
RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.9059, 0.8863
RGB percentages92.9%, 90.6%, 88.6%
HSLhsl(27.3, 23.4%, 90.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(27.3, 4.6%, 92.9%)
CMYK0%, 2.5%, 4.6%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,591,394
CSS custom property--colour: #EDE7E2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80647WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness232.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.13:1
Contrast with white1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E8E8E8
Inverted#12181D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E9E7E2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#EAE8E2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Tritanopia#EFE6E6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.8 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 text17.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Linen · ΔE 4.4Gainsboro · ΔE 5.4Sea shell · ΔE 5.4White smoke · ΔE 5.7Floral white · ΔE 6.9Old lace · ΔE 7
Nearest named CSS colourLinen (#FAF0E6)ΔE 4.44, a close match
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E2E8ED
Analogous#EDE2E3, #EDEDE2
Triadic#E2EDE7, #E7E2ED
Split complementary#E2EDED, #E2E3ED
Tetradic#E3EDE2, #E2E8ED, #EDE2ED

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%#D9CDC3
Darker −20%#C6B3A3
Darker −30%#B29984
Darker −40%#9F7F64
More saturated +25%#F3E6DC
Less saturated −25%#E8E8E8

Channel breakdown

R237
G231
B226
Red237 (92.9%)
Green231 (90.6%)
Blue226 (88.6%)
Hue27.27°
Saturation (HSL)23.4%
Lightness90.78%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR ED · G E7 · B E2

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