What color is #E7E3DB?

#E7E3DB is a very light, grayish orange known as Foggy Day. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Foggy Day?

The RGB value is 231, 227, 219: 231 red, 227 green and 219 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Foggy Day?

The complementary color is #DBDFE7, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #E7E3DB?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 16.41:1 and white text 1.28:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Foggy Day color: hex code #E7E3DB

#E7E3DB rgb(231, 227, 219)

Shades of gray

Foggy Day has the hex code #E7E3DB. It is a very light, grayish orange.

In the RGB color model it is made of 90.6% red, 89% green and 85.9% blue (231, 227, 219).

Its hue angle is 40°, with 20% saturation and 88% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 2% magenta, 5% yellow and 9% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 16.41:1).

Foggy Day (#E7E3DB) color codes

HEX	`#E7E3DB`
RGB	`rgb(231, 227, 219)`
RGB percent	`rgb(90.6%, 89%, 85.9%)`
HSL	`hsl(40, 20%, 88%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(40, 5%, 91%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 2%, 5%, 9%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(90.34, -0.04, 4.38)`
CIE LCH	`lch(90.34, 4.38, 90.48)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(73.209, 77.042, 78.018)`
Decimal	`15197147`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Foggy Day, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #E7E3DB	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	16.41:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	1.28:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#E7E3DB as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	1.28:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	16.41:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #E7E3DB looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #e7e3db; }
.text { color: #e7e3db; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e7e3db; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(231 227 219 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #e7e3db, #e5e7db); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Alabaster.

See #E7E3DB on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #E7E3DB?: #E7E3DB is a very light, grayish orange known as Foggy Day. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Foggy Day?: The RGB value is 231, 227, 219: 231 red, 227 green and 219 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Foggy Day?: The complementary color is #DBDFE7, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #E7E3DB?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 16.41:1 and white text 1.28:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.