#e3e1ea

Color #e3e1ea

A muted very light blue.

Closest named color Gainsboro #dcdcdc · ΔE 5.21 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-200 #e7e4e7 · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#e3e1ea

RGB

rgb(227, 225, 234)

HSL

hsl(253.3, 17.6%, 90%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(253.3, 3.8%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(3%, 3.8%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(89.92, 2.3, -4.14)

LCH

lch(89.92, 4.74, 299.05)

OKLCH

oklch(91.4%, 0.0123, 296.57)

HWB

hwb(253.3, 88.2%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e8eae1

Analogous

#e1e4ea

#e3e1ea

#e7e1ea

Triadic

#e3e1ea

#eae3e1

#e1eae3

Split-complementary

#e3e1ea

#eae7e1

#e4eae1

Tetradic

#e3e1ea

#eae1e8

#e8eae1

#e1eae3

Square

#e3e1ea

#eae1e4

#e8eae1

#e1eae7

Shades

Color #e3e1ea mixed toward black.

#b9b4ca

#8f87ab

#685f87

#453f5a

#23202d

Tints

Color #e3e1ea mixed toward white.

#e8e6ed

#ecebf1

#f1f0f4

#f6f5f8

#fafafb

Tones

Color #e3e1ea mixed toward gray.

#e3e2e9

#e4e3e8

#e5e4e7

#e5e5e6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.22:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.22:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e2e2e8 · ΔE 1.9

Deuteranopia

#e2e2e7 · ΔE 2.3

Tritanopia

#e3e6e6 · ΔE 5.7

Achromatopsia

#e2e2e2 · ΔE 4.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #e3e1ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e3e1ea]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#e3e1ea (#e3e1ea) is rgb(227, 225, 234) in RGB.

No, #e3e1ea 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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