#E4E4E6#E4E4E6

#E4E4E6 is a very light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.003 H 286.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E4E6
RGB	rgb(228, 228, 230)
HSL	hsl(240, 4%, 90%)
HSV	hsv(240, 1%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.64, 0.36, -0.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.64, 1.04, 290.26°)
OKLab	oklab(91.94% 0.0008 -0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(91.94% 0.003 286.4)
XYZ	xyz(74.0188, 77.6939, 85.9445)
Luminance	0.7769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E4E6 #E6E6E4

analogous

#E4E5E6 #E4E4E6 #E5E4E6

triadic

#E4E4E6 #E6E4E4 #E4E6E4

tetradic

#E4E4E6 #E6E4E5 #E6E6E4 #E4E6E5

square

#E4E4E6 #E6E4E5 #E6E6E4 #E4E6E5

split-complementary

#E4E4E6 #E6E5E4 #E5E6E4

monochromatic

#A4A4AB #C4C4C9 #E4E4E6 #EFEFF0 #EFEFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E4E4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.54

#E4E4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E4E6

16.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E4E6	1.00	1.27	16.54	16.54
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4E4E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4E4E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4E4E5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 228, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.003 286.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ececed',
    500: '#e4e4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e4e6;
$custom-light: #ececed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 3.846,
    "l": 89.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91944,
    "c": 0.00269,
    "h": 286.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.77694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E4E6

secondary

#B9B9B5

accent

#8E588E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FDFDFD

border

#D5D5D5

text

#161616

muted

#848484

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E4E6

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

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