#e2e6ec

Color #e2e6ec

A muted very light blue.

Closest named color Gainsboro #dcdcdc · ΔE 4.79 Nearest Tailwind class slate-200 #e2e8f0 · ΔE 1.1

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Conversions

HEX

#e2e6ec

RGB

rgb(226, 230, 236)

HSL

hsl(216, 20.8%, 90.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216, 4.2%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.2%, 2.5%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(91.15, -0.24, -3.38)

LCH

lch(91.15, 3.39, 265.94)

OKLCH

oklch(92.4%, 0.0092, 258.08)

HWB

hwb(216, 88.6%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ece8e2

Analogous

#e2ebec

#e2e6ec

#e3e2ec

Triadic

#e2e6ec

#ece2e6

#e6ece2

Split-complementary

#e2e6ec

#ece3e2

#ebece2

Tetradic

#e2e6ec

#e8e2ec

#ece8e2

#e6ece2

Square

#e2e6ec

#ece2eb

#ece8e2

#e2ece3

Shades

Color #e2e6ec mixed toward black.

#b4bece

#8596af

#5b6f8c

#3d4a5d

#1e252f

Tints

Color #e2e6ec mixed toward white.

#e7eaef

#eceef2

#f1f3f6

#f5f7f9

#fafbfc

Tones

Color #e2e6ec mixed toward gray.

#e3e6eb

#e4e6ea

#e5e7ea

#e5e7e9

#e6e7e8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.76:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.76:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e4e4eb · ΔE 2.2

Deuteranopia

#e4e3ea · ΔE 2.7

Tritanopia

#e2e9e9 · ΔE 3.8

Achromatopsia

#e6e6e6 · ΔE 3.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #e2e6ec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e2e6ec]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#e2e6ec (#e2e6ec) is rgb(226, 230, 236) in RGB.

No, #e2e6ec 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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