#e5e5ec

Color #e5e5ec

A muted very light blue.

Closest named color Gainsboro #dcdcdc · ΔE 4.95 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-200 #e4e4e7 · ΔE 2

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Conversions

HEX

#e5e5ec

RGB

rgb(229, 229, 236)

HSL

hsl(240, 15.6%, 91.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 3%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(3%, 3%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(91.12, 1.27, -3.4)

LCH

lch(91.12, 3.63, 290.48)

OKLCH

oklch(92.4%, 0.0094, 286.11)

HWB

hwb(240, 89.8%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ecece5

Analogous

#e5e9ec

#e5e5ec

#e9e5ec

Triadic

#e5e5ec

#ece5e5

#e5ece5

Split-complementary

#e5e5ec

#ece9e5

#e9ece5

Tetradic

#e5e5ec

#ece5ec

#ecece5

#e5ece5

Square

#e5e5ec

#ece5e9

#ecece5

#e5ece9

Shades

Color #e5e5ec mixed toward black.

#b8b8cb

#8b8bab

#626286

#41415a

#21212d

Tints

Color #e5e5ec mixed toward white.

#e9e9ef

#eeeef2

#f2f2f6

#f6f6f9

#fbfbfc

Tones

Color #e5e5ec mixed toward gray.

#e6e6eb

#e7e7ea

#e8e8e9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.75:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e5e5ea · ΔE 1

Deuteranopia

#e5e5ea · ΔE 1

Tritanopia

#e5e9e9 · ΔE 4.6

Achromatopsia

#e6e6e6 · ΔE 3.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #e5e5ec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e5e5ec]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#e5e5ec (#e5e5ec) is rgb(229, 229, 236) in RGB.

No, #e5e5ec 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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