#e3e3ec

Color #e3e3ec

A muted very light blue.

Closest named color Gainsboro #dcdcdc · ΔE 5.4 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-200 #e4e4e7 · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#e3e3ec

RGB

rgb(227, 227, 236)

HSL

hsl(240, 19.1%, 90.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 3.8%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.8%, 3.8%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(90.47, 1.64, -4.37)

LCH

lch(90.47, 4.67, 290.57)

OKLCH

oklch(91.8%, 0.0121, 286.34)

HWB

hwb(240, 89%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ecece3

Analogous

#e3e8ec

#e3e3ec

#e8e3ec

Triadic

#e3e3ec

#ece3e3

#e3ece3

Split-complementary

#e3e3ec

#ece8e3

#e8ece3

Tetradic

#e3e3ec

#ece3ec

#ecece3

#e3ece3

Square

#e3e3ec

#ece3e8

#ecece3

#e3ece8

Shades

Color #e3e3ec mixed toward black.

#b5b5cd

#8787ae

#5e5e8a

#3e3e5c

#1f1f2e

Tints

Color #e3e3ec mixed toward white.

#e8e8ef

#ececf2

#f1f1f6

#f6f6f9

#fafafc

Tones

Color #e3e3ec mixed toward gray.

#e4e4eb

#e5e5eb

#e5e5ea

#e6e6e9

#e7e7e8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.47:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.47:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e3e3ea · ΔE 0.9

Deuteranopia

#e3e3e9 · ΔE 1.4

Tritanopia

#e3e8e8 · ΔE 5.7

Achromatopsia

#e4e4e4 · ΔE 4.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #e3e3ec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e3e3ec]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#e3e3ec (#e3e3ec) is rgb(227, 227, 236) in RGB.

No, #e3e3ec is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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