#e4e9ec

Color #e4e9ec

A muted very light blue.

Closest named color Gainsboro #dcdcdc · ΔE 4.88 Nearest Tailwind class mist-200 #e3e7e8 · ΔE 1.1

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Conversions

HEX

#e4e9ec

RGB

rgb(228, 233, 236)

HSL

hsl(202.5, 17.4%, 91%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(202.5, 3.4%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.4%, 1.3%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(92.05, -1.12, -2.04)

LCH

lch(92.05, 2.33, 241.23)

OKLCH

oklch(93.1%, 0.0067, 233.47)

HWB

hwb(202.5, 89.4%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ece7e4

Analogous

#e4eceb

#e4e9ec

#e4e5ec

Triadic

#e4e9ec

#ece4e9

#e9ece4

Split-complementary

#e4e9ec

#ece4e5

#ecebe4

Tetradic

#e4e9ec

#e7e4ec

#ece7e4

#e9ece4

Square

#e4e9ec

#ebe4ec

#ece7e4

#e5ece4

Shades

Color #e4e9ec mixed toward black.

#b7c4cc

#899fac

#607988

#40515b

#20282d

Tints

Color #e4e9ec mixed toward white.

#e9edef

#edf0f2

#f2f4f6

#f6f8f9

#fbfbfc

Tones

Color #e4e9ec mixed toward gray.

#e5e9eb

#e6e9ea

#e7e8e9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

17.17:1

Black text reads better on this background (17.17:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e6e6eb · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#e6e6eb · ΔE 3

Tritanopia

#e4ebeb · ΔE 2.1

Achromatopsia

#e8e8e8 · ΔE 2.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #e4e9ec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e4e9ec]

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Frequently asked questions

#e4e9ec (#e4e9ec) is rgb(228, 233, 236) in RGB.

No, #e4e9ec 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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