#e8e8ee

Color #e8e8ee

A muted very light blue.

Closest named color Gainsboro #dcdcdc · ΔE 5.37 Nearest Tailwind class gray-200 #e5e7eb · ΔE 1.6

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Conversions

HEX

#e8e8ee

RGB

rgb(232, 232, 238)

HSL

hsl(240, 15%, 92.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 2.5%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.5%, 2.5%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(92.15, 1.08, -2.9)

LCH

lch(92.15, 3.09, 290.43)

OKLCH

oklch(93.3%, 0.008, 285.95)

HWB

hwb(240, 91%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eeeee8

Analogous

#e8ebee

#e8e8ee

#ebe8ee

Triadic

#e8e8ee

#eee8e8

#e8eee8

Split-complementary

#e8e8ee

#eeebe8

#ebeee8

Tetradic

#e8e8ee

#eee8ee

#eeeee8

#e8eee8

Square

#e8e8ee

#eee8eb

#eeeee8

#e8eeeb

Shades

Color #e8e8ee mixed toward black.

#bbbbcd

#8e8eab

#646487

#43435a

#21212d

Tints

Color #e8e8ee mixed toward white.

#ececf1

#f0f0f4

#f4f4f7

#f7f7f9

#fbfbfc

Tones

Color #e8e8ee mixed toward gray.

#e9e9ee

#e9e9ed

#eaeaed

#eaeaec

#ebebec

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

17.21:1

Black text reads better on this background (17.21:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e8e8ed · ΔE 0.5

Deuteranopia

#e8e8ec · ΔE 1

Tritanopia

#e8ebeb · ΔE 3.8

Achromatopsia

#e8e8e8 · ΔE 3.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #e8e8ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e8e8ee]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#e8e8ee (#e8e8ee) is rgb(232, 232, 238) in RGB.

No, #e8e8ee 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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