#e8eaee

Color #e8eaee

A muted very light blue.

Closest named color White Smoke #f5f5f5 · ΔE 4.45 Nearest Tailwind class gray-200 #e5e7eb · ΔE 0.6

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Conversions

HEX

#e8eaee

RGB

rgb(232, 234, 238)

HSL

hsl(220, 15%, 92.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(220, 2.5%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.5%, 1.7%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(92.65, 0.05, -2.17)

LCH

lch(92.65, 2.17, 271.32)

OKLCH

oklch(93.7%, 0.0058, 264.09)

HWB

hwb(220, 91%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eeece8

Analogous

#e8edee

#e8eaee

#e9e8ee

Triadic

#e8eaee

#eee8ea

#eaeee8

Split-complementary

#e8eaee

#eee9e8

#edeee8

Tetradic

#e8eaee

#ece8ee

#eeece8

#eaeee8

Square

#e8eaee

#eee8ed

#eeece8

#e8eee9

Shades

Color #e8eaee mixed toward black.

#bbc1cd

#8e98ab

#647087

#434a5a

#21252d

Tints

Color #e8eaee mixed toward white.

#eceef1

#f0f1f4

#f4f5f7

#f7f8f9

#fbfcfc

Tones

Color #e8eaee mixed toward gray.

#e9eaee

#e9eaed

#eaebed

#eaebec

#ebebec

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

17.43:1

Black text reads better on this background (17.43:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e9e9ed · ΔE 1

Deuteranopia

#e9e9ed · ΔE 1

Tritanopia

#e8ecec · ΔE 2.6

Achromatopsia

#eaeaea · ΔE 2.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #e8eaee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e8eaee]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#e8eaee (#e8eaee) is rgb(232, 234, 238) in RGB.

No, #e8eaee 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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