#e5e3e3

Color #e5e3e3

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very light red.

Closest named color Gainsboro #dcdcdc · ΔE 2.72 Nearest Tailwind class stone-200 #e7e5e4 · ΔE 0.7

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Conversions

HEX

#e5e3e3

RGB

rgb(229, 227, 227)

HSL

hsl(0, 3.7%, 89.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 0.9%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 0.9%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(90.39, 0.67, 0.24)

LCH

lch(90.39, 0.71, 19.71)

OKLCH

oklch(91.7%, 0.0022, 15.95)

HWB

hwb(0, 89%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e3e5e5

Analogous

#e5e3e4

#e5e3e3

#e5e4e3

Triadic

#e5e3e3

#e3e5e3

#e3e3e5

Split-complementary

#e5e3e3

#e3e5e4

#e3e4e5

Tetradic

#e5e3e3

#e5e5e3

#e3e5e5

#e3e3e5

Square

#e5e3e3

#e4e5e3

#e3e5e5

#e4e3e5

Shades

Color #e5e3e3 mixed toward black.

#c0bcbc

#9c9494

#766e6e

#4f4949

#272525

Tints

Color #e5e3e3 mixed toward white.

#e9e8e8

#eeecec

#f2f1f1

#f6f6f6

#fbfafa

Tones

Color #e5e3e3 mixed toward gray.

#e5e3e3

#e4e3e3

#e4e4e4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.43:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.43:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e4e4e3 · ΔE 1.3

Deuteranopia

#e4e4e3 · ΔE 1.3

Tritanopia

#e5e3e3 · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#e3e3e3 · ΔE 1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #e5e3e3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e5e3e3]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#e5e3e3 (#e5e3e3) is rgb(229, 227, 227) in RGB.

No, #e5e3e3 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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