#E5ECEE#E5ECEE

#E5ECEE is a very light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.828; OKLCH L 93.8% C 0.008 H 216.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5ECEE
RGB	rgb(229, 236, 238)
HSL	hsl(193, 21%, 92%)
HSV	hsv(193, 4%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.94, -1.96, -1.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.94, 2.65, 222.22°)
OKLab	oklab(93.84% -0.0064 -0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(93.84% 0.008 216.6)
XYZ	xyz(77.7382, 82.8215, 92.7630)
Luminance	0.8282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5ECEE #EEE7E5

analogous

#E5EEEC #E5ECEE #E5E8EE

triadic

#E5ECEE #EEE5EC #ECEEE5

tetradic

#E5ECEE #ECE5EE #EEE7E5 #E8EEE5

square

#E5ECEE #ECE5EE #EEE7E5 #E8EEE5

split-complementary

#E5ECEE #EEE5E8 #EEECE5

monochromatic

#9BB6BE #C0D1D6 #E5ECEE #ECF1F3 #ECF1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#E5ECEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.56

#E5ECEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5ECEE

17.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5ECEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5ECEE	1.00	1.20	17.56	17.56
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBEBEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9EAEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3EDED

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ecee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 236, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.8% 0.008 216.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edf2f3',
    500: '#e5ecee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ecee;
$custom-light: #edf2f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ecee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 20.93,
    "l": 91.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93836,
    "c": 0.00798,
    "h": 216.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.82822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5ECEE

secondary

#C5B6B2

accent

#5A469F

background

#FEFFFF

surface

#FDFEFE

border

#D5D6D6

text

#161617

muted

#848585

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5ECEE

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

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