Tailwind CSS v3 color

Tailwind zinc-200 #E4E4E7

Tailwind CSS v3's zinc-200 is #E4E4E7. It is an off-white in the neutral family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.920 with chroma 0.004, too low for hue to matter. The nearest CSS named color is gainsboro (#DCDCDC), ΔE2000 2.4 away.

Relative luminance: 0.7775
OKLCH L · C · h: 0.920 · 0.004 · 286.3
Best text: Black 16.55:1
Hue family: Neutral

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#E4E4E7 color codes

HEX: #E4E4E7
RGB: rgb(228, 228, 231)
HSL: hsl(240, 6%, 90%)
OKLCH: oklch(0.920 0.004 286.3)
OKLab: oklab(0.920 0.001 -0.004)
CIELAB (D65): L* 90.67, a* 0.54, b* -1.46
XYZ (D65): X 74.16, Y 77.75, Z 86.69
CMYK (naive): cmyk(1%, 1%, 0%, 9%)

CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.

Legibility

Contrast: is #E4E4E7 accessible?

Black text on it reaches 16.55:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.26:1.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

Open the Contrast System

Black text on it

16.55:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +90
White text on it

1.26:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −15
Text is here, unreadable at 1.26:1
As text on black

16.55:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −90
As text on white

1.26:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +13
Text is here, unreadable at 1.26:1

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

For text on white

#757578 4.59:1

Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.92 to 0.56 reaches 4.59:1 on white, keeping the hue.

Compare both in the Contrast System
For text on black

#E4E4E7 16.55:1

It already reaches 16.55:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #E4E4E7 live

Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.

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Scale

Shades and tints of #E4E4E7

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #E4E4E7 sits at step 100.

50#F5F5F7

White
1.08
Black
19.28
100This color#E4E4E7

White
1.26
Black
16.55
200#D7D7DA

White
1.43
Black
14.62
300#BDBDC0

White
1.87
Black
11.20
400#A1A1A4

White
2.57
Black
8.14
500#868688

White
3.63
Black
5.77
600#6E6E71

White
5.08
Black
4.13
700#58585A

White
7.09
Black
2.95
800#3F3F42

White
10.49
Black
2.00
900#29292A

White
14.53
Black
1.44
950#161617

White
18.08
Black
1.16

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Tailwind CSS v3 zinc scale

The real Tailwind palette, for comparison with the computed ramp above.

50#FAFAFA
White
1.04
Black
20.11
100#F4F4F5
White
1.09
Black
19.10
200This color#E4E4E7

White
1.26
Black
16.55
300#D4D4D8
White
1.47
Black
14.20
400#A1A1AA
White
2.56
Black
8.19
500#71717A
White
4.83
Black
4.34
600#52525B
White
7.72
Black
2.71
700#3F3F46
White
10.44
Black
2.01
800#27272A
White
14.89
Black
1.40
900#18181B
White
17.71
Black
1.18
950#09090B
White
19.89
Black
1.05

Gamut

How vivid #E4E4E7 can get

A gray has no hue, so no gamut holds a more vivid version of #E4E4E7: more chroma would make it another color.

sRGB
Display P3
Rec. 2020
Dominant wavelength

OKLCH chroma: 0.004
sRGB edge: No hue
Display P3 edge: No hue
Rec. 2020 edge: No hue
Dominant wavelength: None, near white
Excitation purity: 1%
Chromaticity: x 0.3108, y 0.3259

Mixing

Mixing #E4E4E7

Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.

White #FFFFFF

sRGB50%#F2F2F3
OKLab50%#F1F1F3
OKLCH50%#F1F1F3

Black #000000

sRGB50%#727274
OKLab50%#585859
OKLCH50%#585859

In CSS

/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #e4e4e7, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #e4e4e7 50%, white);

In use

#E4E4E7 in an interface

A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.

Light page

Button labelText, 4.5:116.55:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.26:1 Fails
Large headingLarge text, 3:11.26:1 Fails
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.26:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #757578 4.59:1

Dark page

Button labelText, 4.5:116.55:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:114.76:1 Passes
Large headingLarge text, 3:114.76:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:114.76:1 Passes

Color vision

How #E4E4E7 looks with color blindness

As a neutral it barely changes under any simulation, ΔE2000 1.6 at most.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

Simulate a whole page What each type sees

Protanopia

No working red (long-wavelength) cones

#E3E4E7 ΔE2000 0.5

Imperceptible

Reads as off-white
Deuteranopia

No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

#E3E4E7 ΔE2000 0.5

Imperceptible

Reads as off-white
Tritanopia

No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

#E3E4E5 ΔE2000 1.3

Very close

Reads as off-white
Achromatopsia

No cone color vision; lightness only

#E4E4E4 ΔE2000 1.6

Very close

Reads as off-white

Pairing check

A near-neutral has no complementary hue to pair with, so tell it apart from neighboring grays by lightness contrast alone.

Harmony

Color harmonies for #E4E4E7

A neutral has no hue to rotate, so every harmony collapses back to the same gray. Pair it with an accent color instead.

Or pair it by lightness: steps of its own scale as text on it, and what each can carry.

Build a lightness scale in Harmony Studio

Step 950 #161617 · 14.25:1

Body text, AAA
Step 700 #58585A · 5.59:1

Body text, AA
Step 300 #BDBDC0 · 1.47:1

Decoration only, under 3:1

Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-zinc-200: #e4e4e7;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js — already built in as zinc-200;
// pin the v3 value explicitly like this:
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        zinc: { 200: '#e4e4e7' },
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  /* v4 has its own zinc-200; this pins the v3 value. */
  --color-zinc-200: oklch(0.920 0.004 286.3);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "zinc-200": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.8941, 0.8941, 0.9059],
        "hex": "#e4e4e7"
      },
      "$description": "Tailwind CSS v3 zinc-200"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let zinc200 = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.894, green: 0.894, blue: 0.906, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Zinc200 = Color(0xFFE4E4E7)
}

Matches

The nearest match in each system

The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.

Tools

Open #E4E4E7 in the tools

Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.