Palettes / Colors / #E7E8EA

#E7E8EA — Soft White

#E7E8EA is a white color we call Soft White, closest to the named color Lavender (#E6E6FA). It belongs to the white family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lavender (#E6E6FA) — not an exact match. CSS lavender gives you #E6E6FA, a different color; use #E7E8EA when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#E7E8EA is a neutral white color associated with cleanliness, space and minimalism. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #EAE9E6; it also sits naturally between #E6E9EA and #E7E6EA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 91% · Green 91% · Blue 92%

Cyan 1% · Magenta 1% · Yellow 0% · Key 8%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #E7E8EA

.text { color: #E7E8EA; }
.background { background-color: #E7E8EA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E7E8EA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(231, 232, 234); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(220, 7%, 91%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E7E8EA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(231, 232, 234, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E7E8EA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(231, 232, 234, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E7E8EA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E7E8EA">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #EAE9E6:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #E7E8EA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E7E8EA

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #E7E8EA looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #E7E8EA rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #E7E8EA?

#E7E8EA is Soft White, a white color (RGB 231, 232, 234). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E7E8EA?

#E7E8EA is RGB 231, 232, 234 — HSL 220°, 7%, 91% — CMYK 1%, 1%, 0%, 8%.

What colors go with #E7E8EA?

Its complement is #EAE9E6; analogous partners are #E6E9EA and #E7E6EA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E7E8EA for text?

Black text on #E7E8EA has a contrast ratio of 17.13:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.23:1.