#E5E4E8#E5E4E8

#E5E4E8 is a very light, near-neutral violet. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.005 H 297.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E4E8
RGB	rgb(229, 228, 232)
HSL	hsl(255, 8%, 90%)
HSV	hsv(255, 2%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 1.7%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.77, 1.05, -1.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.77, 2.11, 300.01°)
OKLab	oklab(92.08% 0.0025 -0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(92.08% 0.005 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(74.6195, 77.9710, 87.4471)
Luminance	0.7797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E4E8 #E7E8E4

analogous

#E4E5E8 #E5E4E8 #E7E4E8

triadic

#E5E4E8 #E8E5E4 #E4E8E5

tetradic

#E5E4E8 #E8E4E5 #E7E8E4 #E4E8E7

square

#E5E4E8 #E8E4E5 #E7E8E4 #E4E8E7

split-complementary

#E5E4E8 #E8E7E4 #E5E8E4

monochromatic

#A5A2B0 #C5C3CC #E5E4E8 #EFEEF1 #EFEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E5E4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.59

#E5E4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E4E8

16.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E4E8	1.00	1.27	16.59	16.59
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3E5E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3E4E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5E5E5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 228, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.005 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edecef',
    500: '#e5e4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e4e8;
$custom-light: #edecef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 8,
    "l": 90.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92079,
    "c": 0.00547,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.77971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E4E8

secondary

#BABCB4

accent

#925482

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FDFDFE

border

#D5D5D6

text

#161616

muted

#848485

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E4E8

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

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