Colour

#EDECEA

#EDECEA
Near-white
Light
Nearest: White smoke

#EDECEA is a near-white with RGB values 237, 236, 234 and HSL 40°, 8%, 92%. 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

#EDECEA#EDECEA

HEX#EDECEA

RGBrgb(237, 236, 234)

RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.9255, 0.9176

RGB percentages92.9%, 92.5%, 91.8%

HSLhsl(40, 7.7%, 92.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(40, 1.3%, 92.9%)

CMYK0%, 0.4%, 1.3%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,592,682

CSS custom property--colour: #EDECEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.83936WCAG 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#121315

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

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

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

Tritanopia#EEECEBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 0.6 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 3.3 Snow · ΔE 5.5 Sea shell · ΔE 5.5 Linen · ΔE 5.6 Gainsboro · ΔE 5.8 Ghost white · ΔE 6.3

Nearest named CSS colourWhite smoke (#F5F5F5)ΔE 3.3, a close match

Hue familynear-white

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EAEBED

Analogous#EDEBEA, #EDEDEA

Triadic#EAEDEC, #ECEAED

Split complementary#EAEDED, #EBEAED

Tetradic#EAEDEB, #EAEBED, #EDEAED

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%#D5D3CF

Darker −20%#BEBAB3

Darker −30%#A6A198

Darker −40%#8F897C

More saturated +25%#F2EEE5

Less saturated −25%#ECECEC

Channel breakdown

R237

G236

B234

Red237 (92.9%)

Green236 (92.5%)

Blue234 (91.8%)

Hue40°

Saturation (HSL)7.69%

Lightness92.35%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR ED · G EC · B EA

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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