#EAEAE2

Closest named color: Antique White (#FAEBD7). oklch(93.5% 0.011 106.6), rgb(234, 234, 226).

Black text reads best on this color (17.36:1).

About this color

#EAEAE2 is a very light close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 93%, its chroma 0.011. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is Antique White (#FAEBD7), ΔE 0.026 away. Black text reads best on it, at 17.36:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	very light (93%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.011)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Antique White (#FAEBD7)
Black text	17.36:1
White text	1.20:1

Values

HEX	#EAEAE2
RGB	rgb(234, 234, 226)
HSL	hsl(60, 16%, 90%)
OKLCH	oklch(93.5% 0.011 106.6)

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 #EAEAE2	1.20:1	Fails	Lc -12.0	Not readable
Black text on #EAEAE2	17.36:1	AAA	Lc 93.3	Preferred for body text
#EAEAE2 text on white	1.20:1	Fails	Lc 10.3	Not readable
#EAEAE2 text on black	17.36:1	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

#F5F5F4

oklch(97% 0.001 106.4)
Step 100
100 (this color)

#EAEAE2

oklch(93.5% 0.011 106.6)
Step 200
200

#D9D9D4

oklch(88.4% 0.007 106.5)
Step 300
300

#C1C1B7

oklch(80.8% 0.014 106.7)
Step 400
400

#A2A292

oklch(70.8% 0.023 107)
Step 500
500

#8B8B78

oklch(63.1% 0.028 107.2)
Step 600
600

#757560

oklch(55.6% 0.031 107.4)
Step 700
700

#626250

oklch(49.1% 0.028 107.4)
Step 800
800

#505041

oklch(42.7% 0.024 107.4)
Step 900
900

#434237

oklch(37.7% 0.018 103)
Step 950
950

#272720

oklch(27% 0.013 107.2)

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#EAEAE2 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)	#ECE9E2	0.004
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#ECEAE2	0.003
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#EBE9E8	0.010
Achromatopsia (no color)	#E9E9E9	0.011

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 #EAEAE2, closest first.

Similar named colors

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

Use #EAEAE2 in your product

Turn it into light and dark UI roles checked for contrast, then export to Tailwind v4, shadcn/ui, CSS or design tokens.

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