#E5EAEF

Closest named color: Lavender (#E6E6FA). oklch(93.5% 0.009 247.9), rgb(229, 234, 239).

Black text reads best on this color (17.34:1).

About this color

#E5EAEF is a very light close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 93%, its chroma 0.009. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is Lavender (#E6E6FA), ΔE 0.021 away. Black text reads best on it, at 17.34:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	very light (93%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.009)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Lavender (#E6E6FA)
Black text	17.34:1
White text	1.21:1

Values

HEX	#E5EAEF
RGB	rgb(229, 234, 239)
HSL	hsl(210, 24%, 92%)
OKLCH	oklch(93.5% 0.009 247.9)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #E5EAEF	1.21:1	Fails	Lc -12.1	Not readable
Black text on #E5EAEF	17.34:1	AAA	Lc 93.2	Preferred for body text
#E5EAEF text on white	1.21:1	Fails	Lc 10.3	Not readable
#E5EAEF text on black	17.34:1	AAA	Lc -93.8	Preferred for body text

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 100.

Step 50
50

#F5F5F6

oklch(97% 0.001 286.4)
Step 100
100 (this color)

#E5EAEF

oklch(93.5% 0.009 247.9)
Step 200
200

#D6D9DD

oklch(88.4% 0.006 255.5)
Step 300
300

#BBC1C8

oklch(80.8% 0.012 252.1)
Step 400
400

#98A2AB

oklch(70.7% 0.017 245.2)
Step 500
500

#7F8B97

oklch(63.1% 0.023 248.2)
Step 600
600

#687581

oklch(55.6% 0.024 246.1)
Step 700
700

#57626D

oklch(49.1% 0.022 248.3)
Step 800
800

#475059

oklch(42.7% 0.019 248.3)
Step 900
900

#3C4249

oklch(37.6% 0.014 252.3)
Step 950
950

#23272B

oklch(27% 0.009 248.2)

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#E5EAEF with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#E8EAEF	0.004
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#E7E9EF	0.003
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#E3EBEC	0.006
Achromatopsia (no color)	#E9E9E9	0.009

Harmonies

Hue rotations in OKLCH that keep this color's lightness and chroma.

This color is close to neutral, so it has no meaningful hue to rotate. Hue harmonies are omitted.

Palettes with this color

Curated palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.04 (OKLab) of #E5EAEF, closest first.

Similar named colors

The eight closest entries in our named color list, with their ΔE distance.

Use #E5EAEF in your product

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