#e9e5e5

Color #e9e5e5

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very light red.

Closest named color Gainsboro #dcdcdc · ΔE 3.76 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-200 #e8e4e3 · ΔE 0.6

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Conversions

HEX

#e9e5e5

RGB

rgb(233, 229, 229)

HSL

hsl(0, 8.3%, 90.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 1.7%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 1.7%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(91.24, 1.35, 0.48)

LCH

lch(91.24, 1.43, 19.57)

OKLCH

oklch(92.5%, 0.0043, 17.59)

HWB

hwb(0, 89.8%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e5e9e9

Analogous

#e9e5e7

#e9e5e5

#e9e7e5

Triadic

#e9e5e5

#e5e9e5

#e5e5e9

Split-complementary

#e9e5e5

#e5e9e7

#e5e7e9

Tetradic

#e9e5e5

#e9e9e5

#e5e9e9

#e5e5e9

Square

#e9e5e5

#e7e9e5

#e5e9e9

#e7e5e9

Shades

Color #e9e5e5 mixed toward black.

#c6bbbb

#a29292

#7d6a6a

#534747

#2a2323

Tints

Color #e9e5e5 mixed toward white.

#ede9e9

#f0eeee

#f4f2f2

#f8f6f6

#fbfbfb

Tones

Color #e9e5e5 mixed toward gray.

#e9e5e5

#e8e6e6

#e7e7e7

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

#e7e7e5 · ΔE 2.6

Deuteranopia

#e8e8e5 · ΔE 3

Tritanopia

#e9e5e5 · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#e6e6e6 · ΔE 2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #e9e5e5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e9e5e5]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#e9e5e5 (#e9e5e5) is rgb(233, 229, 229) in RGB.

No, #e9e5e5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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