Color specimenNo. 15000807

#E4E4E7

Muted Very Light Indigo

A deterministic reference card for #E4E4E7. Every value, scheme, and snippet below is computed from the hex — no database, no guesswork.

RGB
228, 228, 231
HSL
240°, 6%, 90%
Text
Black on top

Tailwind CSS · zinc

tailwind · zinc 200

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

Scale context · zinc

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Class name
zinc-200
Hex
#E4E4E7
Closest CSS named color
gainsboro
Full color breakdown
/color/e4e4e7

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 #E4E4E7 as the text color.

1.27:1
AA failAAA failLarge fail

Rating · Fail

On black

The quick brown fox

Jumps over the lazy dog. Testing readability of #E4E4E7 as the text color.

16.55:1
AA passAAA passLarge pass

Rating · AAA

Recommendation

When using #E4E4E7 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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