#E9E8EA#E9E8EA

#E9E8EA is a very light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.810; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.003 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E8EA
RGB	rgb(233, 232, 234)
HSL	hsl(270, 5%, 91%)
HSV	hsv(270, 1%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.12, 0.69, -0.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.12, 1.10, 309.10°)
OKLab	oklab(93.23% 0.0018 -0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(93.23% 0.003 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(77.3097, 80.9774, 89.3833)
Luminance	0.8098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E8EA #E9EAE8

analogous

#E8E8EA #E9E8EA #EAE8EA

triadic

#E9E8EA #EAE9E8 #E8EAE9

tetradic

#E9E8EA #EAE8E8 #E9EAE8 #E8EAEA

square

#E9E8EA #EAE8E8 #E9EAE8 #E8EAEA

split-complementary

#E9E8EA #EAEAE8 #E8EAE8

monochromatic

#ACA8B0 #CAC8CD #E9E8EA #F0EFF0 #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#E9E8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.20

#E9E8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E8EA

17.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E8EA	1.00	1.22	17.20	17.20
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8E8EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8E8EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9E8E9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 232, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.003 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0eff0',
    500: '#e9e8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e8ea;
$custom-light: #f0eff0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 4.545,
    "l": 91.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93234,
    "c": 0.00287,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.80977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E8EA

secondary

#BBBDB9

accent

#8E5773

background

#FFFFFF

surface

#FEFEFE

border

#D6D6D6

text

#161616

muted

#858585

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E8EA

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

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