#E6EAEC

Closest named color: Anti-Flash White (#EDF2F4). oklch(93.5% 0.005 228.8), rgb(230, 234, 236).

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

About this color

#E6EAEC is a very light close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 93%, its chroma 0.005. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is Anti-Flash White (#EDF2F4), ΔE 0.023 away. Black text reads best on it, at 17.34:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	very light (93%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.005)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Anti-Flash White (#EDF2F4)
Black text	17.34:1
White text	1.21:1

Values

HEX	#E6EAEC
RGB	rgb(230, 234, 236)
HSL	hsl(200, 14%, 91%)
OKLCH	oklch(93.5% 0.005 228.8)

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 #E6EAEC	1.21:1	Fails	Lc -12.1	Not readable
Black text on #E6EAEC	17.34:1	AAA	Lc 93.2	Preferred for body text
#E6EAEC text on white	1.21:1	Fails	Lc 10.4	Not readable
#E6EAEC 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)

#E6EAEC

oklch(93.5% 0.005 228.8)
Step 200
200

#D7D9DB

oklch(88.4% 0.004 247.9)
Step 300
300

#BCC1C4

oklch(80.8% 0.007 233.7)
Step 400
400

#9AA2A6

oklch(70.7% 0.011 229)
Step 500
500

#828B90

oklch(63.1% 0.013 231.8)
Step 600
600

#6B757A

oklch(55.6% 0.014 229.1)
Step 700
700

#596267

oklch(49% 0.014 231.9)
Step 800
800

#495054

oklch(42.6% 0.011 232.6)
Step 900
900

#3D4345

oklch(37.8% 0.009 219.7)
Step 950
950

#242729

oklch(27% 0.006 236.7)

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#E6EAEC 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)	#E9EAEC	0.004
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#E8E9EC	0.003
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#E5EBEB	0.004
Achromatopsia (no color)	#E9E9E9	0.005

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 #E6EAEC, closest first.

Similar named colors

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

Use #E6EAEC in your product

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