#E5E4E2#E5E4E2

#E5E4E2 is a very light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.776; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.003 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E4E2
RGB	rgb(229, 228, 226)
HSL	hsl(40, 5%, 89%)
HSV	hsv(40, 1%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 1.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.61, -0.02, 1.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.61, 1.09, 90.96°)
OKLab	oklab(91.91% 0.0003 0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(91.91% 0.003 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(73.7818, 77.6359, 83.0350)
Luminance	0.7764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E4E2 #E2E3E5

analogous

#E5E3E2 #E5E4E2 #E5E5E2

triadic

#E5E4E2 #E2E5E4 #E4E2E5

tetradic

#E5E4E2 #E2E5E3 #E2E3E5 #E5E2E5

square

#E5E4E2 #E2E5E3 #E2E3E5 #E5E2E5

split-complementary

#E5E4E2 #E2E5E5 #E3E2E5

monochromatic

#ABA8A1 #C8C6C2 #E5E4E2 #F1F0EF #F1F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E5E4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.53

#E5E4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E4E2

16.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E4E2	1.00	1.27	16.53	16.53
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5E4E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5E4E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6E4E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 228, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.003 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edeceb',
    500: '#e5e4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e4e2;
$custom-light: #edeceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 5.455,
    "l": 89.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91908,
    "c": 0.0029,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.77636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E4E2

secondary

#B3B5B8

accent

#698F56

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FDFDFD

border

#D5D5D5

text

#161616

muted

#848484

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E4E2

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

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