#E3D9EC · Ballet

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#E3D9EC is a light, muted gray color, closest to Ballet and near Ballet and Lavender. In OKLCH it has 90% lightness and 0.03 chroma at hue 309°. Gray suggests neutrality and balance; it lets other colors lead, which makes #E3D9EC a natural choice for text, borders and interface chrome. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette.

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HEX#E3D9EC
RGBrgb(227, 217, 236)
HSLhsl(272, 33%, 89%)
CMYK4, 8, 0, 7
CSS var--ballet
Contrast1.36:1 white · 15.4:1 black

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How to use #E3D9EC

Black text passes WCAG AA on #E3D9EC (15.4:1); white text does not (1.36:1).

For a calm scheme pair #E3D9EC with its analogous neighbors #DADAEC and #ECDAEC; for contrast use its complement #E2ECDA as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #1F1F24.

--ballet: #E3D9EC;

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