#e9e7ee

Color #e9e7ee

A muted very light blue.

Closest named color Gainsboro #dcdcdc · ΔE 5.61 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-200 #e7e4e7 · ΔE 2

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Conversions

HEX

#e9e7ee

RGB

rgb(233, 231, 238)

HSL

hsl(257.1, 17.1%, 92%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(257.1, 2.9%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.1%, 2.9%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(91.98, 1.93, -3.15)

LCH

lch(91.98, 3.69, 301.5)

OKLCH

oklch(93.2%, 0.0096, 299.23)

HWB

hwb(257.1, 90.6%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eceee7

Analogous

#e7e9ee

#e9e7ee

#ede7ee

Triadic

#e9e7ee

#eee9e7

#e7eee9

Split-complementary

#e9e7ee

#eeede7

#e9eee7

Tetradic

#e9e7ee

#eee7ec

#eceee7

#e7eee9

Square

#e9e7ee

#eee7e9

#eceee7

#e7eeed

Shades

Color #e9e7ee mixed toward black.

#bfb9ce

#958cad

#6d6189

#48415c

#24202e

Tints

Color #e9e7ee mixed toward white.

#edebf1

#f0eff4

#f4f3f7

#f8f7f9

#fbfbfc

Tones

Color #e9e7ee mixed toward gray.

#e9e8ee

#eae8ed

#eae9ec

#eaeaeb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

17.13:1

Black text reads better on this background (17.13:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e8e8ec · ΔE 1.9

Deuteranopia

#e8e8ec · ΔE 1.9

Tritanopia

#e9ebeb · ΔE 4.5

Achromatopsia

#e8e8e8 · ΔE 3.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #e9e7ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e9e7ee]

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

#e9e7ee (#e9e7ee) is rgb(233, 231, 238) in RGB.

No, #e9e7ee 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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