#E5E7EA#E5E7EA

#E5E7EA is a very light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.797; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.005 H 258.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E7EA
RGB	rgb(229, 231, 234)
HSL	hsl(216, 11%, 91%)
HSV	hsv(216, 2%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 1.3%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.57, -0.13, -1.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.57, 1.69, 265.69°)
OKLab	oklab(92.73% -0.0009 -0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(92.73% 0.005 258.3)
XYZ	xyz(75.7377, 79.7502, 89.2292)
Luminance	0.7975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E7EA #EAE8E5

analogous

#E5E9EA #E5E7EA #E5E5EA

triadic

#E5E7EA #EAE5E7 #E7EAE5

tetradic

#E5E7EA #EAE5E9 #EAE8E5 #E5EAE5

square

#E5E7EA #EAE5E9 #EAE8E5 #E5EAE5

split-complementary

#E5E7EA #EAE5E5 #E9EAE5

monochromatic

#A1A8B3 #C3C8CF #E5E7EA #EEEFF1 #EEEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#E5E7EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.95

#E5E7EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E7EA

16.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E7EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E7EA	1.00	1.24	16.95	16.95
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6E7EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6E7EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4E8E8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e7ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 231, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.005 258.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edeef0',
    500: '#e5e7ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e7ea;
$custom-light: #edeef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e7ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 10.638,
    "l": 90.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92729,
    "c": 0.0046,
    "h": 258.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.7975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E7EA

secondary

#BFBBB4

accent

#7A5195

background

#FEFFFF

surface

#FDFEFE

border

#D5D6D6

text

#161616

muted

#848585

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E7EA

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

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