#e3e7eb

Color #e3e7eb

A muted very light blue.

Closest named color Gainsboro #dcdcdc · ΔE 4.45 Nearest Tailwind class gray-200 #e5e7eb · ΔE 1

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Conversions

HEX

#e3e7eb

RGB

rgb(227, 231, 235)

HSL

hsl(210, 16.7%, 90.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210, 3.4%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.4%, 1.7%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(91.45, -0.61, -2.41)

LCH

lch(91.45, 2.49, 255.8)

OKLCH

oklch(92.6%, 0.0069, 247.89)

HWB

hwb(210, 89%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ebe7e3

Analogous

#e3ebeb

#e3e7eb

#e3e3eb

Triadic

#e3e7eb

#ebe3e7

#e7ebe3

Split-complementary

#e3e7eb

#ebe3e3

#ebebe3

Tetradic

#e3e7eb

#e7e3eb

#ebe7e3

#e7ebe3

Square

#e3e7eb

#ebe3eb

#ebe7e3

#e3ebe3

Shades

Color #e3e7eb mixed toward black.

#b6c1cb

#899aab

#607487

#404d5a

#20272d

Tints

Color #e3e7eb mixed toward white.

#e8ebee

#eceff2

#f1f3f5

#f6f7f8

#fafbfc

Tones

Color #e3e7eb mixed toward gray.

#e4e7ea

#e5e7e9

#e6e7e8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.9:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.9:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e5e5ea · ΔE 2.2

Deuteranopia

#e5e4ea · ΔE 3

Tritanopia

#e3e9e9 · ΔE 2.6

Achromatopsia

#e6e6e6 · ΔE 2.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #e3e7eb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e3e7eb]

Related colors

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

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Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#e3e7eb (#e3e7eb) is rgb(227, 231, 235) in RGB.

No, #e3e7eb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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