#E5ECEF#E5ECEF

#E5ECEF is a very light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.829; OKLCH L 93.9% C 0.009 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5ECEF
RGB	rgb(229, 236, 239)
HSL	hsl(198, 24%, 92%)
HSV	hsv(198, 4%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 1.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.96, -1.78, -2.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.96, 2.87, 231.85°)
OKLab	oklab(93.87% -0.006 -0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(93.87% 0.009 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(77.8856, 82.8805, 93.5389)
Luminance	0.8288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5ECEF #EFE8E5

analogous

#E5EFED #E5ECEF #E5E7EF

triadic

#E5ECEF #EFE5EC #ECEFE5

tetradic

#E5ECEF #EDE5EF #EFE8E5 #E7EFE5

square

#E5ECEF #EDE5EF #EFE8E5 #E7EFE5

split-complementary

#E5ECEF #EFE5E7 #EFEDE5

monochromatic

#99B5C0 #BFD0D8 #E5ECEF #ECF1F3 #ECF1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#E5ECEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.58

#E5ECEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5ECEF

17.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5ECEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5ECEF	1.00	1.19	17.58	17.58
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAECEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9EAEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3EDED

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ecef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 236, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.9% 0.009 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edf2f4',
    500: '#e5ecef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ecef;
$custom-light: #edf2f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ecef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 23.81,
    "l": 91.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93865,
    "c": 0.00854,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.82881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5ECEF

secondary

#C7B8B1

accent

#6043A2

background

#FEFFFF

surface

#FDFEFE

border

#D5D6D6

text

#161617

muted

#848585

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5ECEF

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

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