#e5e7ef

Color #e5e7ef

A muted very light blue.

Closest named color Gainsboro #dcdcdc · ΔE 5.75 Nearest Tailwind class slate-200 #e2e8f0 · ΔE 1.9

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Conversions

HEX

#e5e7ef

RGB

rgb(229, 231, 239)

HSL

hsl(228, 23.8%, 91.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(228, 4.2%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.2%, 3.3%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(91.7, 0.79, -4.11)

LCH

lch(91.7, 4.19, 280.88)

OKLCH

oklch(92.9%, 0.011, 274.68)

HWB

hwb(228, 89.8%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#efede5

Analogous

#e5ecef

#e5e7ef

#e8e5ef

Triadic

#e5e7ef

#efe5e7

#e7efe5

Split-complementary

#e5e7ef

#efe8e5

#ecefe5

Tetradic

#e5e7ef

#ede5ef

#efede5

#e7efe5

Square

#e5e7ef

#efe5ec

#efede5

#e5efe8

Shades

Color #e5e7ef mixed toward black.

#b5bbd1

#858eb4

#596491

#3b4361

#1e2130

Tints

Color #e5e7ef mixed toward white.

#e9ebf2

#eeeff4

#f2f3f7

#f6f7fa

#fbfbfc

Tones

Color #e5e7ef mixed toward gray.

#e6e8ee

#e7e8ed

#e8e9ed

#e8e9ec

#e9eaeb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

17.01:1

Black text reads better on this background (17.01:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e6e6ed · ΔE 1

Deuteranopia

#e6e6ed · ΔE 1

Tritanopia

#e5eceb · ΔE 5.7

Achromatopsia

#e7e7e7 · ΔE 3.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #e5e7ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e5e7ef]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#e5e7ef (#e5e7ef) is rgb(229, 231, 239) in RGB.

No, #e5e7ef 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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