#E5E4E9#E5E4E9

#E5E4E9 is a very light, near-neutral violet. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.007 H 295.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E4E9
RGB	rgb(229, 228, 233)
HSL	hsl(252, 10%, 90%)
HSV	hsv(252, 2%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 2.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.79, 1.24, -2.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.79, 2.62, 298.14°)
OKLab	oklab(92.11% 0.0029 -0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(92.11% 0.007 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(74.7620, 78.0280, 88.1973)
Luminance	0.7803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E4E9 #E8E9E4

analogous

#E4E5E9 #E5E4E9 #E7E4E9

triadic

#E5E4E9 #E9E5E4 #E4E9E5

tetradic

#E5E4E9 #E9E4E5 #E8E9E4 #E4E9E7

square

#E5E4E9 #E9E4E5 #E8E9E4 #E4E9E7

split-complementary

#E5E4E9 #E9E7E4 #E5E9E4

monochromatic

#A4A1B2 #C5C2CE #E5E4E9 #EFEEF1 #EFEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E5E4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.61

#E5E4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E4E9

16.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E4E9	1.00	1.26	16.61	16.61
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3E5E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3E5E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4E5E6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 228, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.007 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edecf0',
    500: '#e5e4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e4e9;
$custom-light: #edecf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 10.204,
    "l": 90.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92108,
    "c": 0.00679,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.78028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E4E9

secondary

#BCBEB4

accent

#945187

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FDFDFE

border

#D5D5D6

text

#161616

muted

#848485

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E4E9

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

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