#E1E4E5#E1E4E5

#E1E4E5 is a very light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.772; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.004 H 219.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E4E5
RGB	rgb(225, 228, 229)
HSL	hsl(195, 7%, 89%)
HSV	hsv(195, 2%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.39, -0.82, -0.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.39, 1.18, 225.50°)
OKLab	oklab(91.69% -0.0027 -0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(91.69% 0.004 219.5)
XYZ	xyz(72.9351, 77.1513, 85.1628)
Luminance	0.7715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E4E5 #E5E2E1

analogous

#E1E5E4 #E1E4E5 #E1E2E5

triadic

#E1E4E5 #E5E1E4 #E4E5E1

tetradic

#E1E4E5 #E4E1E5 #E5E2E1 #E2E5E1

square

#E1E4E5 #E4E1E5 #E5E2E1 #E2E5E1

split-complementary

#E1E4E5 #E5E1E2 #E5E4E1

monochromatic

#9FA9AC #C0C6C9 #E1E4E5 #EFF0F1 #EFF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E1E4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.43

#E1E4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E4E5

16.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E4E5	1.00	1.28	16.43	16.43
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3E4E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3E3E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0E4E4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 228, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.004 219.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaeced',
    500: '#e1e4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e4e5;
$custom-light: #eaeced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 89.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91685,
    "c": 0.00352,
    "h": 219.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.77151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E4E5

secondary

#B9B3B1

accent

#645491

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FDFDFD

border

#D5D5D5

text

#161616

muted

#848484

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E4E5

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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