#e7e5ec

Color #e7e5ec

A muted very light blue.

Closest named color Gainsboro #dcdcdc · ΔE 5.1 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-200 #e7e4e7 · ΔE 1.9

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Conversions

HEX

#e7e5ec

RGB

rgb(231, 229, 236)

HSL

hsl(257.1, 15.6%, 91.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(257.1, 3%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.1%, 3%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(91.27, 1.93, -3.16)

LCH

lch(91.27, 3.7, 301.41)

OKLCH

oklch(92.6%, 0.0096, 299.23)

HWB

hwb(257.1, 89.8%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eaece5

Analogous

#e5e7ec

#e7e5ec

#ebe5ec

Triadic

#e7e5ec

#ece7e5

#e5ece7

Split-complementary

#e7e5ec

#ecebe5

#e7ece5

Tetradic

#e7e5ec

#ece5ea

#eaece5

#e5ece7

Square

#e7e5ec

#ece5e7

#eaece5

#e5eceb

Shades

Color #e7e5ec mixed toward black.

#beb8cb

#948bab

#6c6286

#48415a

#24212d

Tints

Color #e7e5ec mixed toward white.

#ebe9ef

#efeef2

#f3f2f6

#f7f6f9

#fbfbfc

Tones

Color #e7e5ec mixed toward gray.

#e7e6eb

#e8e6eb

#e8e7ea

#e8e8e9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.82:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.82:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e6e6ea · ΔE 1.9

Deuteranopia

#e6e6ea · ΔE 1.9

Tritanopia

#e7e9e9 · ΔE 4.6

Achromatopsia

#e6e6e6 · ΔE 3.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #e7e5ec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e7e5ec]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#e7e5ec (#e7e5ec) is rgb(231, 229, 236) in RGB.

No, #e7e5ec 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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