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Muted Pale Blue
#E4E6EB

Muted Pale Blue (#E4E6EB) with RGB(228, 230, 235) and HSL(223, 15%, 91%). Suitable for modern interface themes, branding accents, and design systems.

BlueBrightcool
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Interactive

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Values

Production-ready color values

Copy formats for CSS, handoff docs, tokens, and implementation.

HEX
#E4E6EB
RGB
rgb(228, 230, 235)
HSL
hsl(223, 15%, 91%)
HSV
hsv(223, 3%, 92%)
CMYK
cmyk(3%, 2%, 0%, 8%)
Decimal
15001323
Contrast

Accessibility checks

Aa
On white
1.25:1
Aa
On black
16.82:1
Shades

Tonal scale

#111317#21242C#363C49#4C5367#626B84#7B859D#98A0B3#B0B6C4#CACED8#E5E7EB
90080070060050040030020010050
Accessibility

Contrast Audit

On White
FAIL
Text
1.25:1
On Black
WCAG AA PASS
Text
16.82:1
Vision

Simulator

protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia
Harmonies

Palette combinations from this base color

Open any harmony as a shareable palette route and keep refining from there.

Complementary
Open palette
#E4E6EB#EBEAE5
#E5E7EB#EBE5E7#E7EBE5
Analogous
Open palette
#E5EAEB#E5E8EB#E5E7EB#E5E5EB#E6E5EB
Split complementary
Open palette
#E5E7EB#EBE6E5#EAEBE5
Tetradic
Open palette
#E5E7EB#EBE5EA#EBEAE5#E5EBE6
Monochromatic
Open palette
#2B303B#4C5367#6C7793#98A0B3#C4C9D4
Analysis

Design expert profile

Detailed psychological and professional strategy for this specific tone.

Muted Pale Blue (#E4E6EB) with RGB(228, 230, 235) and HSL(223, 15%, 91%). Suitable for modern interface themes, branding accents, and design systems.
bluebrightcoolhex-e4e6ebh-223s-15l-91
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Developer Handoff

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CSS
/* Muted Pale Blue */
color: #E4E6EB;
background-color: #E4E6EB;
border-color: #E4E6EB;
box-shadow: 0 4px 24px #e4e6eb40;
Tailwind CSS
bg-[#E4E6EB] text-[#E4E6EB] border-[#E4E6EB] ring-[#E4E6EB]
SwiftUI
Color(red: 0.894, green: 0.902, blue: 0.922)
Flutter / Dart
Color(0xFFE4E6EB)
Android XML
<color name="muted_pale_blue">#E4E6EB</color>
React Native
{ color: '#E4E6EB' }
Social Media

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White
#FFFFFF
Snow
#FFFAFA
Floral White
#FFFAF0
Ghost White
#F8F8FF
White Smoke
#F5F5F5
Seashell
#FFF5EE
Brand Match

Closest real-world color

Benjamin Moore
Classic Gray
OC-23 · #E8E5E0
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About

About Muted Pale Blue

This section gives the same kind of richer color context you’d expect from a dedicated color reference page.

Meaning
Muted Pale Blue sits in the blue family with a bright tone, so it opens softer surface systems. It reads as calm, credible, and interface-friendly.
Applications
Muted Pale Blue (#E4E6EB) with RGB(228, 230, 235) and HSL(223, 15%, 91%). Suitable for modern interface themes, branding accents, and design systems. It performs better as foreground color on dark interfaces and dense contrast surfaces.
Family
Blue
Tone
Bright
Temperature
cool
Keywords
blue, bright, cool, hex-e4e6eb, h-223, s-15
Conversion

Color conversions

Use these values in CSS, product docs, design tokens, and print-oriented workflows.

HEX
#E4E6EB
RGB
rgb(228, 230, 235)
HSL
hsl(223, 15%, 91%)
HSV
hsv(223, 3%, 92%)
CMYK
cmyk(3%, 2%, 0%, 8%)
Variations

Shades and tonal variations

Build softer surfaces, deeper states, and a cleaner tonal system from the same base hue.

#111317#21242C#363C49#4C5367#626B84#7B859D#98A0B3#B0B6C4#CACED8#E5E7EB
900
#111317
800
#21242C
700
#363C49
600
#4C5367
500
#626B84
400
#7B859D
Color harmonies

Harmony-based palette routes

Move from a single color into full palette ideas based on common harmony systems.

Complementary
Open palette
#E4E6EB#EBEAE5
#E5E7EB#EBE5E7#E7EBE5
Analogous
Open palette
#E5EAEB#E5E8EB#E5E7EB#E5E5EB#E6E5EB
Split complementary
Open palette
#E5E7EB#EBE6E5#EAEBE5
Tetradic
Open palette
#E5E7EB#EBE5EA#EBEAE5#E5EBE6
Monochromatic
Open palette
#2B303B#4C5367#6C7793#98A0B3#C4C9D4
Blindness simulator

Color blindness preview

These simulations help you judge whether the color keeps enough identity across common color-vision variations.

Protanopia
#E5E5EA
Red-sensitive cones are reduced, so warm reds and greens can collapse toward similar mid-tones.
Deuteranopia
#E5E5EA
Green-sensitive cones are reduced, which often compresses green and red distinctions.
Tritanopia
#E4E9E9
Blue-sensitive cones are reduced, which shifts blues and yellows toward flatter blends.
Contrast checker

Accessibility contrast snapshots

Use these quick checks to understand where the color is more reliable for text, icons, and UI foregrounds.

Aa
On white
1.25:1
Fails normal and large text guidance.
Aa
On black
16.82:1
AAA passes for normal text.
Similar colors

Nearby color references

Use nearby colors when you want alternatives with a similar overall feel but a different hue or intensity.

White
#FFFFFF
Snow
#FFFAFA
Floral White
#FFFAF0
Ghost White
#F8F8FF
White Smoke
#F5F5F5
Seashell
#FFF5EE
Color libraries

Library-ready mappings

These mappings help you slot the color into CSS names, Tailwind-like scales, and semantic design tokens faster.

CSS named match
Muted Pale Blue
Closest standard CSS name to #E4E6EB for developer-friendly reference and docs.
Design token
--color-blue-bright
A token-friendly alias you can use in design systems, Tailwind maps, or CSS variables.
Tailwind-friendly scale
blue-500
A naming pattern that fits Tailwind-style scale systems and keeps #E4E6EB as the core value.
HSL token
223 15% 91%
Useful when your component library or theme layer stores semantic colors in HSL channels.
Color palettes

Palette ideas related to this color

These palette routes are pulled from the curated library based on RGB similarity, so you can branch into more complete systems quickly.

Facebook
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Pure Gray
Similarity score 5
Open
minimalneutralmodern
High Contrast
Similarity score 6
Open
boldminimalmodern
Gray Scale
Similarity score 8
Open
minimalneutralcool
Linen Sand
Similarity score 12
Open
neutralsoftminimal
Muted Sky
Similarity score 12
Open
pastelmutedsoft
Baby Care
Similarity score 16
Open
softlightminimal
Dusty Violet
Similarity score 16
Open
mutedpastelsoft