#e2e8f0

Color #e2e8f0

A muted very light blue.

Closest named color Alice Blue #f0f8ff · ΔE 5.49 Nearest Tailwind class slate-200 #e2e8f0 · ΔE 0

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Conversions

HEX

#e2e8f0

RGB

rgb(226, 232, 240)

HSL

hsl(214.3, 31.8%, 91.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(214.3, 5.8%, 94.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.8%, 3.3%, 0%, 5.9%)

LAB

lab(91.76, -0.52, -4.57)

LCH

lch(91.76, 4.6, 263.51)

OKLCH

oklch(92.9%, 0.0126, 255.3)

HWB

hwb(214.3, 88.6%, 5.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f0eae2

Analogous

#e2eff0

#e2e8f0

#e3e2f0

Triadic

#e2e8f0

#f0e2e8

#e8f0e2

Split-complementary

#e2e8f0

#f0e3e2

#eff0e2

Tetradic

#e2e8f0

#eae2f0

#f0eae2

#e8f0e2

Square

#e2e8f0

#f0e2ef

#f0eae2

#e2f0e3

Shades

Color #e2e8f0 mixed toward black.

#afbfd6

#7c97bb

#4f6f9a

#354a66

#1a2533

Tints

Color #e2e8f0 mixed toward white.

#e7ecf3

#ecf0f5

#f1f4f8

#f5f7fa

#fafbfd

Tones

Color #e2e8f0 mixed toward gray.

#e3e8ef

#e4e8ee

#e6e9ed

#e7e9eb

#e8e9ea

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

17.03:1

Black text reads better on this background (17.03:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e5e5ee · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#e4e4ee · ΔE 3.4

Tritanopia

#e2edec · ΔE 5.6

Achromatopsia

#e7e7e7 · ΔE 4.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #e2e8f0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e2e8f0]

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

#e2e8f0 (#e2e8f0) is rgb(226, 232, 240) in RGB.

No, #e2e8f0 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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