Color specimenNo. 15067115

#E5E7EB

Muted Very Light Blue

A deterministic reference card for #E5E7EB. Every value, scheme, and snippet below is computed from the hex — no database, no guesswork.

RGB
229, 231, 235
HSL
220°, 13%, 91%
Text
Black on top

Tailwind CSS · gray

tailwind · gray 200

The Tailwind CSS utility classes bg-gray-200, text-gray-200, and friends all reference this hex value.

Scale context · gray

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Class name
gray-200
Hex
#E5E7EB
Closest CSS named color
lavender
Full color breakdown
/color/e5e7eb

Developer snippets

Copy-ready code

Every snippet below is generated from the hex — not a hand-maintained table.

Conversions

Same color, seven encodings

Nearest matches

Closest in other design systems

Accessibility

Contrast against white & black

On white

The quick brown fox

Jumps over the lazy dog. Testing readability of #E5E7EB as the text color.

1.24:1
AA failAAA failLarge fail

Rating · Fail

On black

The quick brown fox

Jumps over the lazy dog. Testing readability of #E5E7EB as the text color.

16.96:1
AA passAAA passLarge pass

Rating · AAA

Recommendation

When using #E5E7EB as a background, pair it with #000000 text for the best WCAG contrast.

Contrast ratios only — one part of WCAG 2.1. Not a certification of accessibility or legal compliance.

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