#ebecee

Color #ebecee

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very light blue.

Closest named color White Smoke #f5f5f5 · ΔE 3.35 Nearest Tailwind class gray-200 #e5e7eb · ΔE 1.5

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Conversions

HEX

#ebecee

RGB

rgb(235, 236, 238)

HSL

hsl(220, 8.1%, 92.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(220, 1.3%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.3%, 0.8%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(93.37, 0.02, -1.08)

LCH

lch(93.37, 1.08, 271.06)

OKLCH

oklch(94.3%, 0.0029, 264.09)

HWB

hwb(220, 92.2%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eeedeb

Analogous

#ebedee

#ebecee

#ebebee

Triadic

#ebecee

#eeebec

#eceeeb

Split-complementary

#ebecee

#eeebeb

#edeeeb

Tetradic

#ebecee

#edebee

#eeedeb

#eceeeb

Square

#ebecee

#eeebed

#eeedeb

#ebeeeb

Shades

Color #ebecee mixed toward black.

#c0c3ca

#969ba5

#6d7380

#484d55

#24262b

Tints

Color #ebecee mixed toward white.

#eeeff1

#f2f2f4

#f5f5f6

#f8f9f9

#fcfcfc

Tones

Color #ebecee mixed toward gray.

#ebecee

#ebeced

#ececed

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

17.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (17.77:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ebebee · ΔE 0.9

Deuteranopia

#ebebed · ΔE 0.5

Tritanopia

#ebeded · ΔE 1.3

Achromatopsia

#ececec · ΔE 1.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ebecee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ebecee]

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

#ebecee (#ebecee) is rgb(235, 236, 238) in RGB.

No, #ebecee 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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