#E5EAED#E5EAED

#E5EAED is a very light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.816; OKLCH L 93.4% C 0.007 H 233.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5EAED
RGB	rgb(229, 234, 237)
HSL	hsl(203, 18%, 91%)
HSV	hsv(203, 3%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 1.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.41, -1.12, -2.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.41, 2.32, 241.18°)
OKLab	oklab(93.41% -0.004 -0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(93.41% 0.007 233.6)
XYZ	xyz(77.0191, 81.6177, 91.8005)
Luminance	0.8162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5EAED #EDE8E5

analogous

#E5EDEC #E5EAED #E5E6ED

triadic

#E5EAED #EDE5EA #EAEDE5

tetradic

#E5EAED #ECE5ED #EDE8E5 #E6EDE5

square

#E5EAED #ECE5ED #EDE8E5 #E6EDE5

split-complementary

#E5EAED #EDE5E6 #EDECE5

monochromatic

#9DB0BB #C1CDD4 #E5EAED #EDF0F2 #EDF0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#E5EAED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.32

#E5EAED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5EAED

17.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5EAED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5EAED	1.00	1.21	17.32	17.32
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9EAED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7E9ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3EBEB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5eaed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 234, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.4% 0.007 233.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edf0f2',
    500: '#e5eaed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5eaed;
$custom-light: #edf0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5eaed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 18.182,
    "l": 91.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9341,
    "c": 0.00674,
    "h": 233.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.81618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5EAED

secondary

#C4B9B2

accent

#68499C

background

#FEFFFF

surface

#FDFEFE

border

#D5D6D6

text

#161617

muted

#848585

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5EAED

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

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