#E8E9EE

Closest named color: Lavender (#E6E6FA). oklch(93.5% 0.007 277.2), rgb(232, 233, 238).

Black text reads best on this color (17.32:1).

About this color

#E8E9EE is a very light close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 93%, its chroma 0.007. 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 17.32:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	very light (93%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.007)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Lavender (#E6E6FA)
Black text	17.32:1
White text	1.21:1

Values

HEX	#E8E9EE
RGB	rgb(232, 233, 238)
HSL	hsl(230, 15%, 92%)
OKLCH	oklch(93.5% 0.007 277.2)

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 #E8E9EE	1.21:1	Fails	Lc -12.2	Not readable
Black text on #E8E9EE	17.32:1	AAA	Lc 93.1	Preferred for body text
#E8E9EE text on white	1.21:1	Fails	Lc 10.4	Not readable
#E8E9EE text on black	17.32:1	AAA	Lc -93.7	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)

#E8E9EE

oklch(93.5% 0.007 277.2)
Step 200
200

#D8D9DC

oklch(88.5% 0.004 271.4)
Step 300
300

#BFC0C6

oklch(80.9% 0.008 278.6)
Step 400
400

#9EA0A9

oklch(70.7% 0.013 276)
Step 500
500

#868995

oklch(63.2% 0.018 274.7)
Step 600
600

#70727F

oklch(55.5% 0.02 278.8)
Step 700
700

#5E606B

oklch(49.1% 0.018 277.5)
Step 800
800

#4D4E57

oklch(42.6% 0.015 280.7)
Step 900
900

#404148

oklch(37.7% 0.012 279.3)
Step 950
950

#25262A

oklch(26.9% 0.008 274.7)

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#E8E9EE 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)	#E8E9EE	0.000
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#E7E9EE	0.001
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#E7EAEB	0.006
Achromatopsia (no color)	#E9E9E9	0.007

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 #E8E9EE, closest first.

Similar named colors

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

Use #E8E9EE in your product

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