#ECECE9#ECECE9

#ECECE9 is a very light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.837; OKLCH L 94.2% C 0.004 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECECE9
RGB	rgb(236, 236, 233)
HSL	hsl(60, 7%, 92%)
HSV	hsv(60, 1%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 1.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.32, -0.53, 1.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.32, 1.54, 110.05°)
OKLab	oklab(94.23% -0.0011 0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(94.23% 0.004 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(79.2931, 83.7070, 89.0547)
Luminance	0.8371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECECE9 #E9E9EC

analogous

#ECEBE9 #ECECE9 #EBECE9

triadic

#ECECE9 #E9ECEC #ECE9EC

tetradic

#ECECE9 #E9ECEB #E9E9EC #ECE9EB

square

#ECECE9 #E9ECEB #E9E9EC #ECE9EB

split-complementary

#ECECE9 #E9EBEC #EBE9EC

monochromatic

#B3B3A7 #D0D0C8 #ECECE9 #F1F1EF #F1F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#ECECE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.74

#ECECE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECECE9

17.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECECE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECECE9	1.00	1.18	17.74	17.74
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDECE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDECE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDECEB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecece9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 236, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.2% 0.004 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f2f0',
    500: '#ecece9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecece9;
$custom-light: #f2f2f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecece9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 7.317,
    "l": 91.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94225,
    "c": 0.00399,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.83707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECECE9

secondary

#B9B9C0

accent

#549154

background

#FFFFFF

surface

#FEFEFE

border

#D6D6D6

text

#161616

muted

#858585

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECECE9

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

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