#E2E4E8#E2E4E8

#E2E4E8 is a very light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.006 H 264.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E4E8
RGB	rgb(226, 228, 232)
HSL	hsl(220, 12%, 90%)
HSV	hsv(220, 3%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 1.7%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.54, 0.05, -2.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.54, 2.18, 271.44°)
OKLab	oklab(91.85% -0.0006 -0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(91.85% 0.006 264.5)
XYZ	xyz(73.6703, 77.4816, 87.4026)
Luminance	0.7748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E4E8 #E8E6E2

analogous

#E2E7E8 #E2E4E8 #E3E2E8

triadic

#E2E4E8 #E8E2E4 #E4E8E2

tetradic

#E2E4E8 #E8E2E7 #E8E6E2 #E2E8E3

square

#E2E4E8 #E8E2E7 #E8E6E2 #E2E8E3

split-complementary

#E2E4E8 #E8E3E2 #E7E8E2

monochromatic

#9EA4B2 #C0C4CD #E2E4E8 #EEEFF1 #EEEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E2E4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.50

#E2E4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E4E8

16.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E4E8	1.00	1.27	16.50	16.50
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3E4E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2E4E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1E5E5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 228, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.006 264.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebecef',
    500: '#e2e4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e4e8;
$custom-light: #ebecef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 11.538,
    "l": 89.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91848,
    "c": 0.00583,
    "h": 264.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.77482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E4E8

secondary

#BDB9B1

accent

#7E5096

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FDFDFE

border

#D5D5D6

text

#161616

muted

#848485

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E4E8

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

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