#E8E2E8#E8E2E8

#E8E2E8 is a very light, near-neutral purple. Relative luminance 0.774; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.010 H 325.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E2E8
RGB	rgb(232, 226, 232)
HSL	hsl(300, 12%, 90%)
HSV	hsv(300, 3%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.49, 3.09, -2.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.49, 3.79, 324.58°)
OKLab	oklab(91.92% 0.0085 -0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(91.92% 0.01 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(75.0382, 77.3749, 87.3100)
Luminance	0.7738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E2E8 #E2E8E2

analogous

#E5E2E8 #E8E2E8 #E8E2E5

triadic

#E8E2E8 #E8E8E2 #E2E8E8

tetradic

#E8E2E8 #E8E5E2 #E2E8E2 #E2E5E8

square

#E8E2E8 #E8E5E2 #E2E8E2 #E2E5E8

split-complementary

#E8E2E8 #E5E8E2 #E2E8E5

monochromatic

#B29EB2 #CDC0CD #E8E2E8 #F1EEF1 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E8E2E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.48

#E8E2E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E2E8

16.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E2E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E2E8	1.00	1.27	16.48	16.48
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2E3E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3E4E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8E2E4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e2e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 226, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.010 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efebef',
    500: '#e8e2e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e2e8;
$custom-light: #efebef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e2e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 11.538,
    "l": 89.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91921,
    "c": 0.01028,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.77375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E2E8

secondary

#B1BDB1

accent

#965050

background

#FFFEFF

surface

#FEFDFE

border

#D6D5D6

text

#161616

muted

#858485

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E2E8

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

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