#E7E5E4 color
The swatch above shows #E7E5E4 with its hex code written on it in white and in black, so you can see which of the two is legible before reading the measured ratios below.
#E7E5E4 is a very light, desaturated grey, closest to the CSS named color lavender (#E6E6FA).
It is also a Tailwind CSS default: stone-200. That means you can write bg-stone-200 or text-stone-200 directly, with no arbitrary-value brackets and no entry in your theme config.
Color values
| HEX | #E7E5E4 |
| RGB | rgb(231, 229, 228) |
| HSL | hsl(20, 6%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 1%, 1%, 9%) |
| Decimal | 15197668 |
| CSS | color: #E7E5E4; |
| Android | 0xFFE7E5E4 |
| Swift | UIColor(red: 0.906, green: 0.898, blue: 0.894, alpha: 1) |
Accessibility and contrast
| White text on #E7E5E4 | 1.26:1 — AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail |
| Black text on #E7E5E4 | 16.73:1 — AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass |
| Recommended text color | black |
WCAG 2.1 asks for at least 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text (18 pt, or 14 pt bold).
Tints and shades of #E7E5E4
Each swatch keeps the hue and saturation of #E7E5E4 and varies only lightness — the quickest way to build a usable scale from a single brand color.
Colors that go with #E7E5E4
Harmonies generated by rotating the hue on the color wheel while holding saturation and lightness constant.
Using #E7E5E4 in code
/* CSS */
.element { color: #E7E5E4; background-color: #E7E5E4; }
.element { color: rgb(231 229 228); }
.element { color: hsl(20 6% 90%); }
/* Tailwind */
<div class="bg-stone-200 text-black">
/* SCSS variable */
$brand: #E7E5E4;Frequently asked questions
What color is #E7E5E4?
#E7E5E4 is a very light, desaturated grey. Its hue sits at 20° on the color wheel, with 6% saturation and 90% lightness.
What is #E7E5E4 in RGB?
#E7E5E4 converts to rgb(231, 229, 228) — 231 red, 229 green and 228 blue.
What is #E7E5E4 in CMYK?
Approximately cmyk(0%, 1%, 1%, 9%). Print output depends on the ICC profile of the press and paper, so treat this as a starting point rather than an exact match.
Should text on #E7E5E4 be white or black?
Black gives the better contrast ratio (16.73:1 versus 1.26:1).
What is the complementary color of #E7E5E4?
#E4E6E7 — the hue directly opposite #E7E5E4 on the color wheel.