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Colour

#EEEDEF

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

#EEEDEF is a near-white with RGB values 238, 237, 239 and HSL 270°, 6%, 93%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is White smoke.

Colour values

#EEEDEF#EEEDEF
HEX#EEEDEF
RGBrgb(238, 237, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.9294, 0.9373
RGB percentages93.3%, 92.9%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(270, 5.9%, 93.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270, 0.8%, 93.7%)
CMYK0.4%, 0.8%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,658,479
CSS custom property--colour: #EEEDEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.84978WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness237.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18:1
Contrast with white1.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EDEDED
Inverted#111210

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EDEDEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#EDEDEFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#EEEDEEno 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 text18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

White smoke · ΔE 2.9Ghost white · ΔE 4.7Snow · ΔE 5.1Alice blue · ΔE 5.2Lavender blush · ΔE 5.6Gainsboro · ΔE 6.2
Nearest named CSS colourWhite smoke (#F5F5F5)ΔE 2.88, a close match
Hue familynear-white
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEEFED
Analogous#EDEDEF, #EFEDEF
Triadic#EFEEED, #EDEFEE
Split complementary#EFEFED, #EDEFED
Tetradic#EFEDED, #EEEFED, #EDEFEF

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%#D4D2D7
Darker −20%#BBB7BF
Darker −30%#A29CA7
Darker −40%#88818F
More saturated +25%#EEE9F3
Less saturated −25%#EEEEEE

Channel breakdown

R238
G237
B239
Red238 (93.3%)
Green237 (92.9%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue270°
Saturation (HSL)5.88%
Lightness93.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR EE · G ED · B EF

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