#E8E8EA#E8E8EA

#E8E8EA is a very light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.808; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.003 H 286.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E8EA
RGB	rgb(232, 232, 234)
HSL	hsl(240, 5%, 91%)
HSV	hsv(240, 1%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.05, 0.36, -0.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.05, 1.03, 290.26°)
OKLab	oklab(93.16% 0.0008 -0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(93.16% 0.003 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(76.9841, 80.8095, 89.3680)
Luminance	0.8081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E8EA #EAEAE8

analogous

#E8E9EA #E8E8EA #E9E8EA

triadic

#E8E8EA #EAE8E8 #E8EAE8

tetradic

#E8E8EA #EAE8E9 #EAEAE8 #E8EAE9

square

#E8E8EA #EAE8E9 #EAEAE8 #E8EAE9

split-complementary

#E8E8EA #EAE9E8 #E9EAE8

monochromatic

#A8A8B0 #C8C8CD #E8E8EA #EFEFF0 #EFEFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#E8E8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.16

#E8E8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E8EA

17.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E8EA	1.00	1.22	17.16	17.16
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8E8EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8E8EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8E8E9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 232, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.003 286.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efeff0',
    500: '#e8e8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e8ea;
$custom-light: #efeff0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 4.545,
    "l": 91.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93157,
    "c": 0.00268,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.8081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E8EA

secondary

#BDBDB9

accent

#8E578E

background

#FFFFFF

surface

#FEFEFE

border

#D6D6D6

text

#161616

muted

#858585

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E8EA

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

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