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Recognised as Colour

#EDE8E6

  • #EDE8E6
  • Orange
  • Light
  • Nearest: White smoke

#EDE8E6 is a orange with RGB values 237, 232, 230 and HSL 17°, 16%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is White smoke.

Colour values

#EDE8E6#EDE8E6
HEX#EDE8E6
RGBrgb(237, 232, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.9098, 0.902
RGB percentages92.9%, 91%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(17.1, 16.3%, 91.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(17.1, 3%, 92.9%)
CMYK0%, 2.1%, 3%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,591,654
CSS custom property--colour: #EDE8E6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81431WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness233.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.29:1
Contrast with white1.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E9E9E9
Inverted#121719

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E9E8E6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#EAE9E6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Tritanopia#EFE7E7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.21:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

White smoke · ΔE 4.7Gainsboro · ΔE 5Linen · ΔE 5.4Sea shell · ΔE 5.7Lavender blush · ΔE 6.3Snow · ΔE 6.4
Nearest named CSS colourWhite smoke (#F5F5F5)ΔE 4.69, a close match
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E6EBED
Analogous#EDE6E8, #EDECE6
Triadic#E6EDE8, #E8E6ED
Split complementary#E6EDEC, #E6E8ED
Tetradic#E8EDE6, #E6EBED, #ECE6ED

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%#D8CDC8
Darker −20%#C2B1AB
Darker −30%#AD968D
Darker −40%#987B6F
More saturated +25%#F2E6E1
Less saturated −25%#EAEAEA

Channel breakdown

R237
G232
B230
Red237 (92.9%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue17.14°
Saturation (HSL)16.28%
Lightness91.57%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR ED · G E8 · B E6

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