#ECECEC#ECECEC

#ECECEC is a very light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.839; OKLCH L 94.3% C 0.000 H 0.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECECEC
RGB	rgb(236, 236, 236)
HSL	hsl(0, 0%, 93%)
HSV	hsv(0, 0%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.40, -0.00, 0.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.40, 0.00, 180.00°)
OKLab	oklab(94.31% 0 0)
OKLCH	oklch(94.31% 0 0)
XYZ	xyz(79.7253, 83.8799, 91.3310)
Luminance	0.8388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECECEC #ECECEC

analogous

#ECECEC #ECECEC #ECECEC

triadic

#ECECEC #ECECEC #ECECEC

tetradic

#ECECEC #ECECEC #ECECEC #ECECEC

square

#ECECEC #ECECEC #ECECEC #ECECEC

split-complementary

#ECECEC #ECECEC #ECECEC

monochromatic

#AFAFAF #CDCDCD #ECECEC #F0F0F0 #F0F0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#ECECEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.78

#ECECEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECECEC

17.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECECEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECECEC	1.00	1.18	17.78	17.78
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECECEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECECEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECECEC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ececec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 236, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.3% 0.000 0.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f2f2',
    500: '#ececec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ececec;
$custom-light: #f2f2f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ececec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 0,
    "l": 92.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94309,
    "c": 0,
    "h": 0
  },
  "luminance": 0.8388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECECEC

secondary

#BEBEBE

accent

#8A8A5C

background

#FFFFFF

surface

#FEFEFE

border

#D6D6D6

text

#161616

muted

#858585

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECECEC

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

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