#E5E2E2#E5E2E2

#E5E2E2 is a very light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.765; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.003 H 17.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E2E2
RGB	rgb(229, 226, 226)
HSL	hsl(0, 5%, 89%)
HSV	hsv(0, 1%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 1.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.11, 1.01, 0.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.11, 1.07, 19.48°)
OKLab	oklab(91.51% 0.0031 0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(91.51% 0.003 17.2)
XYZ	xyz(73.2348, 76.5419, 82.8527)
Luminance	0.7654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E2E2 #E2E5E5

analogous

#E5E2E4 #E5E2E2 #E5E4E2

triadic

#E5E2E2 #E2E5E2 #E2E2E5

tetradic

#E5E2E2 #E4E5E2 #E2E5E5 #E4E2E5

square

#E5E2E2 #E4E5E2 #E2E5E5 #E4E2E5

split-complementary

#E5E2E2 #E2E5E4 #E2E4E5

monochromatic

#ABA1A1 #C8C2C2 #E5E2E2 #F1EFEF #F1EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E5E2E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.31

#E5E2E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E2E2

16.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E2E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E2E2	1.00	1.29	16.31	16.31
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2E2E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3E3E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6E2E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e2e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 226, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.003 17.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edebeb',
    500: '#e5e2e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e2e2;
$custom-light: #edebeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e2e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 5.455,
    "l": 89.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91513,
    "c": 0.00325,
    "h": 17.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.76542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E2E2

secondary

#B3B8B8

accent

#8F8F56

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FDFDFD

border

#D5D5D5

text

#161616

muted

#848484

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E2E2

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

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