#e2e1e9

Color #e2e1e9

A muted very light blue.

Closest named color Gainsboro #dcdcdc · ΔE 4.65 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-200 #e7e4e7 · ΔE 2.5

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Conversions

HEX

#e2e1e9

RGB

rgb(226, 225, 233)

HSL

hsl(247.5, 15.4%, 89.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.5, 3.4%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(3%, 3.4%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(89.81, 1.79, -3.77)

LCH

lch(89.81, 4.17, 295.4)

OKLCH

oklch(91.3%, 0.0108, 291.8)

HWB

hwb(247.5, 88.2%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e8e9e1

Analogous

#e1e4e9

#e2e1e9

#e6e1e9

Triadic

#e2e1e9

#e9e2e1

#e1e9e2

Split-complementary

#e2e1e9

#e9e6e1

#e4e9e1

Tetradic

#e2e1e9

#e9e1e8

#e8e9e1

#e1e9e2

Square

#e2e1e9

#e9e1e4

#e8e9e1

#e1e9e6

Shades

Color #e2e1e9 mixed toward black.

#b7b5c9

#8d89a8

#656184

#444158

#22202c

Tints

Color #e2e1e9 mixed toward white.

#e7e6ed

#ecebf0

#f0f0f4

#f5f5f8

#fafafb

Tones

Color #e2e1e9 mixed toward gray.

#e2e2e8

#e3e2e8

#e3e3e7

#e4e4e6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.18:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.18:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e2e2e7 · ΔE 1.6

Deuteranopia

#e2e2e7 · ΔE 1.6

Tritanopia

#e2e6e5 · ΔE 5.8

Achromatopsia

#e2e2e2 · ΔE 4.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #e2e1e9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e2e1e9]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#e2e1e9 (#e2e1e9) is rgb(226, 225, 233) in RGB.

No, #e2e1e9 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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