#e2e5e7

Color #e2e5e7

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very light blue.

Closest named color Gainsboro #dcdcdc · ΔE 3.35 Nearest Tailwind class mist-200 #e3e7e8 · ΔE 0.9

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Conversions

HEX

#e2e5e7

RGB

rgb(226, 229, 231)

HSL

hsl(204, 9.4%, 89.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(204, 2.2%, 90.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.2%, 0.9%, 0%, 9.4%)

LAB

lab(90.77, -0.64, -1.32)

LCH

lch(90.77, 1.47, 244.13)

OKLCH

oklch(92%, 0.0042, 236.69)

HWB

hwb(204, 88.6%, 9.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e7e4e2

Analogous

#e2e7e6

#e2e5e7

#e2e2e7

Triadic

#e2e5e7

#e7e2e5

#e5e7e2

Split-complementary

#e2e5e7

#e7e2e2

#e7e6e2

Tetradic

#e2e5e7

#e4e2e7

#e7e4e2

#e5e7e2

Square

#e2e5e7

#e6e2e7

#e7e4e2

#e2e7e2

Shades

Color #e2e5e7 mixed toward black.

#b8c0c4

#8f9aa2

#68747d

#454e53

#23272a

Tints

Color #e2e5e7 mixed toward white.

#e7e9eb

#eceeef

#f0f2f3

#f5f6f7

#fafbfb

Tones

Color #e2e5e7 mixed toward gray.

#e2e5e7

#e3e5e6

#e4e5e5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.6:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.6:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e3e3e7 · ΔE 2.1

Deuteranopia

#e3e3e6 · ΔE 1.8

Tritanopia

#e2e6e6 · ΔE 1.3

Achromatopsia

#e5e5e5 · ΔE 1.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #e2e5e7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e2e5e7]

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Frequently asked questions

#e2e5e7 (#e2e5e7) is rgb(226, 229, 231) in RGB.

No, #e2e5e7 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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