#e4e6ed

Color #e4e6ed

A muted very light blue.

Closest named color Gainsboro #dcdcdc · ΔE 5.13 Nearest Tailwind class gray-200 #e5e7eb · ΔE 1.5

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Conversions

HEX

#e4e6ed

RGB

rgb(228, 230, 237)

HSL

hsl(226.7, 20%, 91.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(226.7, 3.8%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.8%, 3%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(91.33, 0.61, -3.63)

LCH

lch(91.33, 3.68, 279.54)

OKLCH

oklch(92.5%, 0.0097, 273.54)

HWB

hwb(226.7, 89.4%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#edebe4

Analogous

#e4ebed

#e4e6ed

#e7e4ed

Triadic

#e4e6ed

#ede4e6

#e6ede4

Split-complementary

#e4e6ed

#ede7e4

#ebede4

Tetradic

#e4e6ed

#ebe4ed

#edebe4

#e6ede4

Square

#e4e6ed

#ede4eb

#edebe4

#e4ede7

Shades

Color #e4e6ed mixed toward black.

#b6bbce

#8790af

#5d678c

#3e455d

#1f222f

Tints

Color #e4e6ed mixed toward white.

#e9eaf0

#edeef3

#f2f3f6

#f6f7f9

#fbfbfc

Tones

Color #e4e6ed mixed toward gray.

#e5e6ec

#e6e7ec

#e6e7eb

#e7e8ea

#e8e8e9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.84:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.84:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e5e5eb · ΔE 1

Deuteranopia

#e5e5eb · ΔE 1

Tritanopia

#e4eaea · ΔE 4.6

Achromatopsia

#e6e6e6 · ΔE 3.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #e4e6ed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e4e6ed]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#e4e6ed (#e4e6ed) is rgb(228, 230, 237) in RGB.

No, #e4e6ed is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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