#E1E4E9#E1E4E9

#E1E4E9 is a very light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.774; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.008 H 260.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E4E9
RGB	rgb(225, 228, 233)
HSL	hsl(218, 15%, 90%)
HSV	hsv(218, 3%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 2.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.50, -0.09, -2.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.50, 2.78, 268.08°)
OKLab	oklab(91.8% -0.0012 -0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(91.8% 0.008 260.7)
XYZ	xyz(73.5000, 77.3773, 88.1381)
Luminance	0.7738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E4E9 #E9E6E1

analogous

#E1E8E9 #E1E4E9 #E2E1E9

triadic

#E1E4E9 #E9E1E4 #E4E9E1

tetradic

#E1E4E9 #E9E1E8 #E9E6E1 #E1E9E2

square

#E1E4E9 #E9E1E8 #E9E6E1 #E1E9E2

split-complementary

#E1E4E9 #E9E2E1 #E8E9E1

monochromatic

#9AA4B5 #BEC4CF #E1E4E9 #EDEFF2 #EDEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E1E4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.48

#E1E4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E4E9

16.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E4E9	1.00	1.27	16.48	16.48
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3E4E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2E3E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFE5E6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 228, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.008 260.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaecf0',
    500: '#e1e4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e4e9;
$custom-light: #eaecf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.5,
    "s": 15.385,
    "l": 89.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91801,
    "c": 0.00751,
    "h": 260.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.77378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E4E9

secondary

#BFB9AF

accent

#7C4C9A

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FDFDFE

border

#D5D5D6

text

#161616

muted

#848485

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E4E9

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

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