#E5E4E5#E5E4E5

#E5E4E5 is a very light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.002 H 325.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E4E5
RGB	rgb(229, 228, 229)
HSL	hsl(300, 2%, 90%)
HSV	hsv(300, 0%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.69, 0.51, -0.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.69, 0.63, 324.46°)
OKLab	oklab(91.99% 0.0014 -0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(91.99% 0.002 325.5)
XYZ	xyz(74.1970, 77.8020, 85.2220)
Luminance	0.7780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E4E5 #E4E5E4

analogous

#E5E4E5 #E5E4E5 #E5E4E5

triadic

#E5E4E5 #E5E5E4 #E4E5E5

tetradic

#E5E4E5 #E5E5E4 #E4E5E4 #E4E5E5

square

#E5E4E5 #E5E5E4 #E4E5E4 #E4E5E5

split-complementary

#E5E4E5 #E5E5E4 #E4E5E5

monochromatic

#A9A6A9 #C7C5C7 #E5E4E5 #F0EFF0 #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E5E4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.56

#E5E4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E4E5

16.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E4E5	1.00	1.27	16.56	16.56
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4E4E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4E4E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5E4E4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 228, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.002 325.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edeced',
    500: '#e5e4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e4e5;
$custom-light: #edeced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 1.887,
    "l": 89.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91993,
    "c": 0.00171,
    "h": 325.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.77802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E4E5

secondary

#B6B8B6

accent

#8C5A5A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FDFDFD

border

#D5D5D5

text

#161616

muted

#848484

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E4E5

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

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