What color is #E8E6E5?

#E8E6E5 is a light gray, closest to the named color Coconut Agony. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #E8E6E5?

The RGB value is 232, 230, 229: 232 red, 230 green and 229 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #E8E6E5?

The complementary color is #E5E7E8, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #E8E6E5?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 16.88:1 and white text 1.24:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#E8E6E5 color

#E8E6E5 rgb(232, 230, 229)

Shades of gray

The hex color #E8E6E5 is a light gray.

In the RGB color model it is made of 91% red, 90.2% green and 89.8% blue (232, 230, 229).

Its hue angle is 20°, with 6% saturation and 90% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 1% yellow and 9% black.

The closest named color is Coconut Agony (#EBE8E7), a difference of 0.7 ΔE, which is barely visible.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 16.88:1).

#E8E6E5 color codes

HEX	`#E8E6E5`
RGB	`rgb(232, 230, 229)`
RGB percent	`rgb(91%, 90.2%, 89.8%)`
HSL	`hsl(20, 6%, 90%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(20, 1%, 91%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 1%, 1%, 9%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(91.42, 0.5, 0.72)`
CIE LCH	`lch(91.42, 0.88, 55.59)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(75.716, 79.407, 85.452)`
Decimal	`15263461`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #E8E6E5, 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 #E8E6E5	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	16.88:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	1.24:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#E8E6E5 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	1.24:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	16.88:1	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 #E8E6E5 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #e8e6e5; }
.text { color: #e8e6e5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e8e6e5; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(232 230 229 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #e8e6e5, #e8e8e5); }

Background

Text color

Border

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Questions

What color is #E8E6E5?: #E8E6E5 is a light gray, closest to the named color Coconut Agony. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #E8E6E5?: The RGB value is 232, 230, 229: 232 red, 230 green and 229 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #E8E6E5?: The complementary color is #E5E7E8, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #E8E6E5?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 16.88:1 and white text 1.24:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.