#E5E8EA#E5E8EA

#E5E8EA is a very light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.803; OKLCH L 92.9% C 0.004 H 236.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E8EA
RGB	rgb(229, 232, 234)
HSL	hsl(204, 11%, 91%)
HSV	hsv(204, 2%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.82, -0.64, -1.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.82, 1.47, 244.12°)
OKLab	oklab(92.93% -0.0023 -0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(92.93% 0.004 236.5)
XYZ	xyz(76.0183, 80.3115, 89.3228)
Luminance	0.8031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E8EA #EAE7E5

analogous

#E5EAE9 #E5E8EA #E5E5EA

triadic

#E5E8EA #EAE5E8 #E8EAE5

tetradic

#E5E8EA #E9E5EA #EAE7E5 #E5EAE5

square

#E5E8EA #E9E5EA #EAE7E5 #E5EAE5

split-complementary

#E5E8EA #EAE5E5 #EAE9E5

monochromatic

#A1ACB3 #C3CACF #E5E8EA #EEF0F1 #EEF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#E5E8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.06

#E5E8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E8EA

17.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E8EA	1.00	1.23	17.06	17.06
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7E8EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6E7EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4E9E9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 232, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.9% 0.004 236.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edeff0',
    500: '#e5e8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e8ea;
$custom-light: #edeff0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 10.638,
    "l": 90.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92927,
    "c": 0.00422,
    "h": 236.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.80312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E8EA

secondary

#BFB9B4

accent

#6C5195

background

#FEFFFF

surface

#FDFEFE

border

#D5D6D6

text

#161616

muted

#848585

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E8EA

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

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