#E9E3D5 · Almond

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#E9E3D5 is a light, muted gray color, closest to Almond and near Almond and Pearl. In OKLCH it has 92% lightness and 0.02 chroma at hue 88°. Gray suggests neutrality and balance; it lets other colors lead, which makes #E9E3D5 a natural choice for text, borders and interface chrome. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette.

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HEX#E9E3D5
RGBrgb(233, 227, 213)
HSLhsl(42, 31%, 87%)
CMYK0, 3, 9, 9
CSS var--almond
Contrast1.28:1 white · 16.41:1 black

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How to use #E9E3D5

Black text passes WCAG AA on #E9E3D5 (16.41:1); white text does not (1.28:1).

For a calm scheme pair #E9E3D5 with its analogous neighbors #E8D8D4 and #E4E8D4; for contrast use its complement #D4DAE8 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #1F1F24.

--almond: #E9E3D5;

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