#e3e9e8

Color #e3e9e8

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very light cyan.

Closest named color Gainsboro #dcdcdc · ΔE 4.67 Nearest Tailwind class mist-200 #e3e7e8 · ΔE 1.6

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Conversions

HEX

#e3e9e8

RGB

rgb(227, 233, 232)

HSL

hsl(170, 12%, 90.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(170, 2.6%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 0.4%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(91.88, -2.18, -0.21)

LCH

lch(91.88, 2.19, 185.5)

OKLCH

oklch(92.9%, 0.0065, 185.27)

HWB

hwb(170, 89%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e9e3e4

Analogous

#e3e9e5

#e3e9e8

#e3e7e9

Triadic

#e3e9e8

#e8e3e9

#e9e8e3

Split-complementary

#e3e9e8

#e9e3e7

#e9e5e3

Tetradic

#e3e9e8

#e3e4e9

#e9e3e4

#e9e8e3

Square

#e3e9e8

#e5e3e9

#e9e3e4

#e7e9e3

Shades

Color #e3e9e8 mixed toward black.

#b8c7c5

#8da6a1

#65817c

#435653

#222b29

Tints

Color #e3e9e8 mixed toward white.

#e8edec

#ecf0f0

#f1f4f4

#f6f8f7

#fafbfb

Tones

Color #e3e9e8 mixed toward gray.

#e4e9e8

#e4e8e7

#e5e8e7

#e5e7e7

#e6e7e6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

17.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (17.09:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e6e6e8 · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#e5e5e8 · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#e3e8e8 · ΔE 0.8

Achromatopsia

#e8e8e8 · ΔE 3.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #e3e9e8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e3e9e8]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#e3e9e8 (#e3e9e8) is rgb(227, 233, 232) in RGB.

No, #e3e9e8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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