#e6e6ed

Color #e6e6ed

A muted very light blue.

Closest named color Gainsboro #dcdcdc · ΔE 5.18 Nearest Tailwind class gray-200 #e5e7eb · ΔE 2

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Conversions

HEX

#e6e6ed

RGB

rgb(230, 230, 237)

HSL

hsl(240, 16.3%, 91.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 3%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(3%, 3%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(91.47, 1.27, -3.39)

LCH

lch(91.47, 3.62, 290.54)

OKLCH

oklch(92.7%, 0.0094, 286.11)

HWB

hwb(240, 90.2%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#edede6

Analogous

#e6eaed

#e6e6ed

#eae6ed

Triadic

#e6e6ed

#ede6e6

#e6ede6

Split-complementary

#e6e6ed

#edeae6

#eaede6

Tetradic

#e6e6ed

#ede6ed

#edede6

#e6ede6

Square

#e6e6ed

#ede6ea

#edede6

#e6edea

Shades

Color #e6e6ed mixed toward black.

#b9b9cc

#8c8cac

#626288

#41415b

#21212d

Tints

Color #e6e6ed mixed toward white.

#eaeaf0

#eeeef3

#f3f3f6

#f7f7f9

#fbfbfc

Tones

Color #e6e6ed mixed toward gray.

#e7e7ec

#e8e8eb

#e9e9ea

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.91:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.91:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e6e6eb · ΔE 1

Deuteranopia

#e6e6eb · ΔE 1

Tritanopia

#e6eaea · ΔE 4.6

Achromatopsia

#e7e7e7 · ΔE 3.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #e6e6ed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e6e6ed]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#e6e6ed (#e6e6ed) is rgb(230, 230, 237) in RGB.

No, #e6e6ed is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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