#ececea

Color #ececea

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very light yellow.

Closest named color White Smoke #f5f5f5 · ΔE 3.35 Nearest Tailwind class olive-200 #e8e8e3 · ΔE 1.8

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Conversions

HEX

#ececea

RGB

rgb(236, 236, 234)

HSL

hsl(60, 5%, 92.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 0.8%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 0.8%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(93.35, -0.35, 0.97)

LCH

lch(93.35, 1.03, 109.84)

OKLCH

oklch(94.3%, 0.0027, 107.1)

HWB

hwb(60, 91.8%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eaeaec

Analogous

#ecebea

#ececea

#ebecea

Triadic

#ececea

#eaecec

#eceaec

Split-complementary

#ececea

#eaebec

#ebeaec

Tetradic

#ececea

#eaecea

#eaeaec

#eceaec

Square

#ececea

#eaeceb

#eaeaec

#eceaeb

Shades

Color #ececea mixed toward black.

#c7c7c1

#a2a298

#7b7b70

#52524a

#292925

Tints

Color #ececea mixed toward white.

#efefee

#f2f2f1

#f6f6f5

#f9f9f8

#fcfcfc

Tones

Color #ececea mixed toward gray.

#ececea

#ececeb

#ebebeb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

17.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (17.75:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ececea · ΔE 0

Deuteranopia

#ececeb · ΔE 0.5

Tritanopia

#ecebeb · ΔE 1.3

Achromatopsia

#ececec · ΔE 1.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ececea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ececea]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#ececea (#ececea) is rgb(236, 236, 234) in RGB.

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

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