#E5E4E4#E5E4E4

#E5E4E4 is a very light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.001 H 17.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E4E4
RGB	rgb(229, 228, 228)
HSL	hsl(0, 2%, 90%)
HSV	hsv(0, 0%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 0.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.66, 0.34, 0.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.66, 0.36, 19.43°)
OKLab	oklab(91.96% 0.001 0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(91.96% 0.001 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(74.0578, 77.7463, 84.4888)
Luminance	0.7775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E4E4 #E4E5E5

analogous

#E5E4E5 #E5E4E4 #E5E5E4

triadic

#E5E4E4 #E4E5E4 #E4E4E5

tetradic

#E5E4E4 #E5E5E4 #E4E5E5 #E5E4E5

square

#E5E4E4 #E5E5E4 #E4E5E5 #E5E4E5

split-complementary

#E5E4E4 #E4E5E5 #E4E5E5

monochromatic

#A9A6A6 #C7C5C5 #E5E4E4 #F0EFEF #F0EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E5E4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.55

#E5E4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E4E4

16.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E4E4	1.00	1.27	16.55	16.55
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4E4E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4E4E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5E4E4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 228, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.001 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edecec',
    500: '#e5e4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e4e4;
$custom-light: #edecec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 1.887,
    "l": 89.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91964,
    "c": 0.00108,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.77746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E4E4

secondary

#B6B8B8

accent

#8C8C5A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FDFDFD

border

#D5D5D5

text

#161616

muted

#848484

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E4E4

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

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