#e5e5e9

Color #e5e5e9

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very light blue.

Closest named color Gainsboro #dcdcdc · ΔE 3.88 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-200 #e4e4e7 · ΔE 0.6

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Conversions

HEX

#e5e5e9

RGB

rgb(229, 229, 233)

HSL

hsl(240, 8.3%, 90.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 1.7%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.7%, 1.7%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(91.04, 0.72, -1.94)

LCH

lch(91.04, 2.07, 290.36)

OKLCH

oklch(92.3%, 0.0054, 286.09)

HWB

hwb(240, 89.8%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e9e9e5

Analogous

#e5e7e9

#e5e5e9

#e7e5e9

Triadic

#e5e5e9

#e9e5e5

#e5e9e5

Split-complementary

#e5e5e9

#e9e7e5

#e7e9e5

Tetradic

#e5e5e9

#e9e5e9

#e9e9e5

#e5e9e5

Square

#e5e5e9

#e9e5e7

#e9e9e5

#e5e9e7

Shades

Color #e5e5e9 mixed toward black.

#bbbbc6

#9292a2

#6a6a7d

#474753

#23232a

Tints

Color #e5e5e9 mixed toward white.

#e9e9ed

#eeeef0

#f2f2f4

#f6f6f8

#fbfbfb

Tones

Color #e5e5e9 mixed toward gray.

#e5e5e9

#e6e6e8

#e7e7e7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.72:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.72:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e5e5e8 · ΔE 0.5

Deuteranopia

#e5e5e8 · ΔE 0.5

Tritanopia

#e5e7e7 · ΔE 2.6

Achromatopsia

#e5e5e5 · ΔE 2.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #e5e5e9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e5e5e9]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#e5e5e9 (#e5e5e9) is rgb(229, 229, 233) in RGB.

No, #e5e5e9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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