#E4E4E4#E4E4E4

#E4E4E4 is a very light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.776; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.000 H 0.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E4E4
RGB	rgb(228, 228, 228)
HSL	hsl(0, 0%, 89%)
HSV	hsv(0, 0%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.59, 0.00, -0.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.59, 0.00, 315.00°)
OKLab	oklab(91.89% 0 0)
OKLCH	oklch(91.89% 0 0)
XYZ	xyz(73.7396, 77.5822, 84.4739)
Luminance	0.7758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E4E4 #E4E4E4

analogous

#E4E4E4 #E4E4E4 #E4E4E4

triadic

#E4E4E4 #E4E4E4 #E4E4E4

tetradic

#E4E4E4 #E4E4E4 #E4E4E4 #E4E4E4

square

#E4E4E4 #E4E4E4 #E4E4E4 #E4E4E4

split-complementary

#E4E4E4 #E4E4E4 #E4E4E4

monochromatic

#A7A7A7 #C5C5C5 #E4E4E4 #F0F0F0 #F0F0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E4E4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.52

#E4E4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E4E4

16.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E4E4	1.00	1.27	16.52	16.52
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4E4E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4E4E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4E4E4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 228, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.000 0.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ececec',
    500: '#e4e4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e4e4;
$custom-light: #ececec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 0,
    "l": 89.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91887,
    "c": 0,
    "h": 0
  },
  "luminance": 0.77582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E4E4

secondary

#B6B6B6

accent

#8A8A5C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FDFDFD

border

#D5D5D5

text

#161616

muted

#848484

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E4E4

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

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