#e6e6e2

Color #e6e6e2

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very light yellow.

Closest named color Gainsboro #dcdcdc · ΔE 4 Nearest Tailwind class olive-200 #e8e8e3 · ΔE 0.7

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Conversions

HEX

#e6e6e2

RGB

rgb(230, 230, 226)

HSL

hsl(60, 7.4%, 89.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 1.7%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 1.7%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(91.19, -0.71, 1.94)

LCH

lch(91.19, 2.07, 110.1)

OKLCH

oklch(92.4%, 0.0053, 106.39)

HWB

hwb(60, 88.6%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2e2e6

Analogous

#e6e4e2

#e6e6e2

#e4e6e2

Triadic

#e6e6e2

#e2e6e6

#e6e2e6

Split-complementary

#e6e6e2

#e2e4e6

#e4e2e6

Tetradic

#e6e6e2

#e2e6e2

#e2e2e6

#e6e2e6

Square

#e6e6e2

#e2e6e4

#e2e2e6

#e6e2e4

Shades

Color #e6e6e2 mixed toward black.

#c3c3b9

#a0a090

#7a7a6a

#525246

#292923

Tints

Color #e6e6e2 mixed toward white.

#eaeae7

#eeeeec

#f2f2f0

#f7f7f5

#fbfbfa

Tones

Color #e6e6e2 mixed toward gray.

#e6e6e2

#e5e5e3

#e4e4e4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.78:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.78:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e6e6e3 · ΔE 0.5

Deuteranopia

#e6e6e3 · ΔE 0.5

Tritanopia

#e6e4e4 · ΔE 2.6

Achromatopsia

#e6e6e6 · ΔE 2.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #e6e6e2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e6e6e2]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#e6e6e2 (#e6e6e2) is rgb(230, 230, 226) in RGB.

No, #e6e6e2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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