#EEE8E8

Closest named color: Misty Rose (#FFE4E1). oklch(93.6% 0.007 17.3), rgb(238, 232, 232).

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

About this color

#EEE8E8 is a very light close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 94%, its chroma 0.007. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is Misty Rose (#FFE4E1), ΔE 0.024 away. Black text reads best on it, at 17.34:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	very light (94%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.007)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Misty Rose (#FFE4E1)
Black text	17.34:1
White text	1.21:1

Values

HEX	#EEE8E8
RGB	rgb(238, 232, 232)
HSL	hsl(0, 15%, 92%)
OKLCH	oklch(93.6% 0.007 17.3)

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 #EEE8E8	1.21:1	Fails	Lc -12.1	Not readable
Black text on #EEE8E8	17.34:1	AAA	Lc 93.2	Preferred for body text
#EEE8E8 text on white	1.21:1	Fails	Lc 10.4	Not readable
#EEE8E8 text on black	17.34:1	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

#F6F5F5

oklch(97.1% 0.001 17.2)
Step 100
100 (this color)

#EEE8E8

oklch(93.6% 0.007 17.3)
Step 200
200

#DCD8D8

oklch(88.5% 0.004 17.2)
Step 300
300

#C6BEBE

oklch(80.8% 0.009 17.3)
Step 400
400

#A99D9D

oklch(70.6% 0.014 17.5)
Step 500
500

#948686

oklch(63.3% 0.017 17.6)
Step 600
600

#7E6F6F

oklch(55.6% 0.019 17.7)
Step 700
700

#6A5D5D

oklch(49.1% 0.017 17.7)
Step 800
800

#574C4C

oklch(42.7% 0.015 17.7)
Step 900
900

#473F3F

oklch(37.6% 0.011 17.7)
Step 950
950

#2A2525

oklch(27% 0.008 17.6)

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#EEE8E8 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)	#E9E9E8	0.007
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#EAEAE8	0.007
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#F0E8E8	0.003
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 #EEE8E8, closest first.

Similar named colors

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

Use #EEE8E8 in your product

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