#e5e3eb

Color #e5e3eb

A muted very light blue.

Closest named color Gainsboro #dcdcdc · ΔE 5.08 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-200 #e7e4e7 · ΔE 2.4

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Conversions

HEX

#e5e3eb

RGB

rgb(229, 227, 235)

HSL

hsl(255, 16.7%, 90.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(255, 3.4%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.6%, 3.4%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(90.59, 2.12, -3.65)

LCH

lch(90.59, 4.22, 300.15)

OKLCH

oklch(92%, 0.011, 297.73)

HWB

hwb(255, 89%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e9ebe3

Analogous

#e3e5eb

#e5e3eb

#e9e3eb

Triadic

#e5e3eb

#ebe5e3

#e3ebe5

Split-complementary

#e5e3eb

#ebe9e3

#e5ebe3

Tetradic

#e5e3eb

#ebe3e9

#e9ebe3

#e3ebe5

Square

#e5e3eb

#ebe3e5

#e9ebe3

#e3ebe9

Shades

Color #e5e3eb mixed toward black.

#bbb6cb

#9289ab

#6a6087

#47405a

#23202d

Tints

Color #e5e3eb mixed toward white.

#e9e8ee

#eeecf2

#f2f1f5

#f6f6f8

#fbfafc

Tones

Color #e5e3eb mixed toward gray.

#e5e4ea

#e6e4ea

#e6e5e9

#e6e6e8

#e7e6e8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.52:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.52:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e4e4e9 · ΔE 1.9

Deuteranopia

#e4e4e9 · ΔE 1.9

Tritanopia

#e5e8e7 · ΔE 5.8

Achromatopsia

#e4e4e4 · ΔE 4.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #e5e3eb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e5e3eb]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#e5e3eb (#e5e3eb) is rgb(229, 227, 235) in RGB.

No, #e5e3eb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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