#e5e0e0

Color #e5e0e0

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very light red.

Closest named color Gainsboro #dcdcdc · ΔE 2.54 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-200 #e8e4e3 · ΔE 1.1

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Conversions

HEX

#e5e0e0

RGB

rgb(229, 224, 224)

HSL

hsl(0, 8.8%, 88.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 2.2%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 2.2%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(89.56, 1.69, 0.6)

LCH

lch(89.56, 1.79, 19.55)

OKLCH

oklch(91.1%, 0.0054, 17.1)

HWB

hwb(0, 87.8%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e0e5e5

Analogous

#e5e0e2

#e5e0e0

#e5e2e0

Triadic

#e5e0e0

#e0e5e0

#e0e0e5

Split-complementary

#e5e0e0

#e0e5e2

#e0e2e5

Tetradic

#e5e0e0

#e5e5e0

#e0e5e5

#e0e0e5

Square

#e5e0e0

#e2e5e0

#e0e5e5

#e2e0e5

Shades

Color #e5e0e0 mixed toward black.

#c3b7b7

#a08e8e

#7b6767

#524545

#292222

Tints

Color #e5e0e0 mixed toward white.

#e9e5e5

#eeeaea

#f2efef

#f6f5f5

#fbfafa

Tones

Color #e5e0e0 mixed toward gray.

#e5e0e0

#e4e1e1

#e3e2e2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.07:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.07:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e3e3e0 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#e3e4e0 · ΔE 4.2

Tritanopia

#e5e0e0 · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#e1e1e1 · ΔE 2.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #e5e0e0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e5e0e0]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#e5e0e0 (#e5e0e0) is rgb(229, 224, 224) in RGB.

No, #e5e0e0 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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