#e5eaee

Color #e5eaee

A muted very light blue.

Closest named color White Smoke #f5f5f5 · ΔE 4.91 Nearest Tailwind class gray-200 #e5e7eb · ΔE 1.5

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Conversions

HEX

#e5eaee

RGB

rgb(229, 234, 238)

HSL

hsl(206.7, 20.9%, 91.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(206.7, 3.8%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.8%, 1.7%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(92.43, -0.94, -2.52)

LCH

lch(92.43, 2.69, 249.54)

OKLCH

oklch(93.4%, 0.0076, 241.75)

HWB

hwb(206.7, 89.8%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eee9e5

Analogous

#e5eeee

#e5eaee

#e5e6ee

Triadic

#e5eaee

#eee5ea

#eaeee5

Split-complementary

#e5eaee

#eee5e6

#eeeee5

Tetradic

#e5eaee

#e9e5ee

#eee9e5

#eaeee5

Square

#e5eaee

#eee5ee

#eee9e5

#e6eee5

Shades

Color #e5eaee mixed toward black.

#b6c4cf

#879eb0

#5c778d

#3e505e

#1f282f

Tints

Color #e5eaee mixed toward white.

#e9eef1

#eef1f4

#f2f5f7

#f6f8f9

#fbfcfc

Tones

Color #e5eaee mixed toward gray.

#e6eaed

#e7eaed

#e7eaec

#e8eaeb

#e9eaea

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

17.34:1

Black text reads better on this background (17.34:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e7e7ed · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#e7e7ed · ΔE 3

Tritanopia

#e5ecec · ΔE 2.5

Achromatopsia

#e9e9e9 · ΔE 2.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #e5eaee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e5eaee]

Related colors

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Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Frequently asked questions

#e5eaee (#e5eaee) is rgb(229, 234, 238) in RGB.

No, #e5eaee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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