Colour

#EDEDEB

#EDEDEB
Near-white
Light
Nearest: White smoke

#EDEDEB is a near-white with RGB values 237, 237, 235 and HSL 60°, 5%, 93%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is White smoke.

Colour values

#EDEDEB#EDEDEB

HEX#EDEDEB

RGBrgb(237, 237, 235)

RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.9294, 0.9216

RGB percentages92.9%, 92.9%, 92.2%

HSLhsl(60, 5.3%, 92.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60, 0.8%, 92.9%)

CMYK0%, 0%, 0.8%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,592,939

CSS custom property--colour: #EDEDEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.84571WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness236.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.91:1

Contrast with white1.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EDEDED

Inverted#121214

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

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

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

Tritanopia#EDEDECno 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 text1.17:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

White smoke · ΔE 3 Snow · ΔE 5.4 Sea shell · ΔE 5.6 Linen · ΔE 5.7 Gainsboro · ΔE 6 Ghost white · ΔE 6.1

Nearest named CSS colourWhite smoke (#F5F5F5)ΔE 3.02, a close match

Hue familynear-white

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EBEBED

Analogous#EDECEB, #ECEDEB

Triadic#EBEDED, #EDEBED

Split complementary#EBECED, #ECEBED

Tetradic#EBEDEC, #EBEBED, #EDEBEC

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%#D5D5D0

Darker −20%#BDBDB5

Darker −30%#A5A59A

Darker −40%#8C8C80

More saturated +25%#F2F2E6

Less saturated −25%#ECECEC

Channel breakdown

R237

G237

B235

Red237 (92.9%)

Green237 (92.9%)

Blue235 (92.2%)

Hue60°

Saturation (HSL)5.26%

Lightness92.55%

Dominant channelRed and Green

Hex per channelR ED · G ED · B EB

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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