#e5e5ef

Color #e5e5ef

A muted very light blue.

Closest named color Lavender #e6e6fa · ΔE 5.21 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-50 #eef2ff · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#e5e5ef

RGB

rgb(229, 229, 239)

HSL

hsl(240, 23.8%, 91.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 4.2%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.2%, 4.2%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(91.2, 1.82, -4.85)

LCH

lch(91.2, 5.18, 290.57)

OKLCH

oklch(92.5%, 0.0134, 286)

HWB

hwb(240, 89.8%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#efefe5

Analogous

#e5eaef

#e5e5ef

#eae5ef

Triadic

#e5e5ef

#efe5e5

#e5efe5

Split-complementary

#e5e5ef

#efeae5

#eaefe5

Tetradic

#e5e5ef

#efe5ef

#efefe5

#e5efe5

Square

#e5e5ef

#efe5ea

#efefe5

#e5efea

Shades

Color #e5e5ef mixed toward black.

#b5b5d1

#8585b4

#595991

#3b3b61

#1e1e30

Tints

Color #e5e5ef mixed toward white.

#e9e9f2

#eeeef4

#f2f2f7

#f6f6fa

#fbfbfc

Tones

Color #e5e5ef mixed toward gray.

#e6e6ee

#e7e7ed

#e8e8ed

#e8e8ec

#e9e9eb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.79:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.79:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e5e5ed · ΔE 0.9

Deuteranopia

#e5e5ec · ΔE 1.4

Tritanopia

#e5ebea · ΔE 6.9

Achromatopsia

#e6e6e6 · ΔE 4.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #e5e5ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e5e5ef]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#e5e5ef (#e5e5ef) is rgb(229, 229, 239) in RGB.

No, #e5e5ef 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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