#e5e6e7

Color #e5e6e7

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very light blue.

Closest named color Gainsboro #dcdcdc · ΔE 3.53 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-200 #e5e5e5 · ΔE 0.7

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Conversions

HEX

#e5e6e7

RGB

rgb(229, 230, 231)

HSL

hsl(210, 4%, 90.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210, 0.9%, 90.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.9%, 0.4%, 0%, 9.4%)

LAB

lab(91.24, -0.16, -0.6)

LCH

lch(91.24, 0.62, 255.07)

OKLCH

oklch(92.5%, 0.0017, 246.37)

HWB

hwb(210, 89.8%, 9.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e7e6e5

Analogous

#e5e7e7

#e5e6e7

#e5e5e7

Triadic

#e5e6e7

#e7e5e6

#e6e7e5

Split-complementary

#e5e6e7

#e7e5e5

#e7e7e5

Tetradic

#e5e6e7

#e6e5e7

#e7e6e5

#e6e7e5

Square

#e5e6e7

#e7e5e7

#e7e6e5

#e5e7e5

Shades

Color #e5e6e7 mixed toward black.

#bdc0c2

#95999d

#6e7378

#4a4d50

#252628

Tints

Color #e5e6e7 mixed toward white.

#e9eaeb

#eeeeef

#f2f3f3

#f6f7f7

#fbfbfb

Tones

Color #e5e6e7 mixed toward gray.

#e5e6e7

#e6e6e7

#e6e6e6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e5e5e7 · ΔE 0.9

Deuteranopia

#e5e5e7 · ΔE 0.9

Tritanopia

#e5e7e7 · ΔE 0.8

Achromatopsia

#e6e6e6 · ΔE 0.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #e5e6e7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e5e6e7]

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Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#e5e6e7 (#e5e6e7) is rgb(229, 230, 231) in RGB.

No, #e5e6e7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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