#e5e6e9

Color #e5e6e9

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very light blue.

Closest named color Gainsboro #dcdcdc · ΔE 3.88 Nearest Tailwind class gray-200 #e5e7eb · ΔE 0.6

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Conversions

HEX

#e5e6e9

RGB

rgb(229, 230, 233)

HSL

hsl(225, 8.3%, 90.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(225, 1.7%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.7%, 1.3%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(91.3, 0.21, -1.57)

LCH

lch(91.3, 1.58, 277.62)

OKLCH

oklch(92.5%, 0.0042, 271.36)

HWB

hwb(225, 89.8%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e9e8e5

Analogous

#e5e8e9

#e5e6e9

#e6e5e9

Triadic

#e5e6e9

#e9e5e6

#e6e9e5

Split-complementary

#e5e6e9

#e9e6e5

#e8e9e5

Tetradic

#e5e6e9

#e8e5e9

#e9e8e5

#e6e9e5

Square

#e5e6e9

#e9e5e8

#e9e8e5

#e5e9e6

Shades

Color #e5e6e9 mixed toward black.

#bbbec6

#9296a2

#6a6f7d

#474a53

#23252a

Tints

Color #e5e6e9 mixed toward white.

#e9eaed

#eeeef0

#f2f3f4

#f6f7f8

#fbfbfb

Tones

Color #e5e6e9 mixed toward gray.

#e5e6e9

#e6e6e8

#e6e7e8

#e7e7e7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.83:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.83:1). 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

#e5e8e8 · ΔE 2.1

Achromatopsia

#e6e6e6 · ΔE 1.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #e5e6e9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e5e6e9]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#e5e6e9 (#e5e6e9) is rgb(229, 230, 233) in RGB.

No, #e5e6e9 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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