Colour reference

Zinc 200

#e4e4e7

RGB: rgb(228 228 231)
HSL: 240°, 6%, 90%
OKLCh: 92.0% 0.004 286.3

Zinc 200 in every format

Web & CSSThe everyday formats for stylesheets and design tools.

Hex	`#e4e4e7`
RGB	`rgb(228 228 231)`
RGB legacy	`rgb(228, 228, 231)`
RGB percent	`rgb(89.41% 89.41% 90.59%)`
HSL	`hsl(240 5.9% 90%)`
HSL legacy	`hsl(240, 5.9%, 90%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(240, 1.3%, 90.6%)`
HWB	`hwb(240 89.4% 9.4%)`
Nearest name	`lavender (approx.)`
CMYK	`cmyk(1.3%, 1.3%, 0%, 9.4%)`Naive conversion. Real print work needs an ICC profile.

Perceptual & wide gamutModern CSS colour spaces for uniform scales and P3 displays.

OKLCh	`oklch(91.973% 0.00403 286.32)`Modern CSS colour space for even palettes — better than HSL when building scales.
OKLab	`oklab(91.973% 0.00113 -0.00387)`
CIE LCh	`lch(90.654% 1.52 285.351)`
CIE Lab	`lab(90.654% 0.402 -1.466)`
Display P3	`color(display-p3 0.8941 0.8941 0.9048)`
Rec. 2020	`color(rec2020 0.8819 0.8815 0.8931)`
srgb-linear	`color(srgb-linear 0.7758 0.7758 0.7991)`Light-linear sRGB — the same numbers a shader wants for maths.
CIE XYZ (D65)	`color(xyz-d65 0.7416 0.7775 0.867)`

ShadersGLSL, HLSL and WGSL vectors in both encoded and linear form.

GLSL vec3 — sRGB	`vec3(0.894, 0.894, 0.906)`Encoded values. Use when writing straight to the framebuffer.
GLSL vec3 — linear	`vec3(0.776, 0.776, 0.799)`Light-linear values. Use for lighting, blending and mixing.
GLSL vec4 — sRGB	`vec4(0.894, 0.894, 0.906, 1.0)`
GLSL vec4 — linear	`vec4(0.776, 0.776, 0.799, 1.0)`
GLSL ivec3	`ivec3(228, 228, 231)`
HLSL float3 — sRGB	`float3(0.894, 0.894, 0.906)`
HLSL float3 — linear	`float3(0.776, 0.776, 0.799)`
HLSL float4 — sRGB	`float4(0.894, 0.894, 0.906, 1.0)`
HLSL half4 — sRGB	`half4(0.894, 0.894, 0.906, 1.0)`
WGSL vec3f — sRGB	`vec3f(0.894, 0.894, 0.906)`
WGSL vec4f — sRGB	`vec4f(0.894, 0.894, 0.906, 1.0)`
WGSL vec3<f32> — linear	`vec3<f32>(0.776, 0.776, 0.799)`

Engines & appsConstructors for Unity, Unreal, Godot, Flutter, SwiftUI and Android.

Unity Color	`new Color(0.894f, 0.894f, 0.906f, 1.0f)`Color for everyday scripting (0–1). Color32 when you need whole numbers from 0 to 255.
Unity Color32	`new Color32(228, 228, 231, 255)`
Unreal FLinearColor	`FLinearColor(0.7758f, 0.7758f, 0.7991f, 1.0f)`FLinearColor for materials and lighting. FColor when you need whole numbers from 0 to 255.
Unreal FColor	`FColor(228, 228, 231, 255)`Whole numbers from 0 to 255 — use when an API asks for FColor, not FLinearColor.
Godot Color	`Color(0.894, 0.894, 0.906, 1)`
Flutter Color	`Color(0xFFE4E4E7)`Packed ARGB, so alpha comes first.
Android Color	`Color.rgb(228, 228, 231)`
SwiftUI Color	`Color(red: 0.894, green: 0.894, blue: 0.906)`
UIKit UIColor	`UIColor(red: 0.894, green: 0.894, blue: 0.906, alpha: 1)`

Raw valuesPacked integers and plain arrays.

0x hex	`0xE4E4E7`
0x hex (ARGB)	`0xFFE4E4E7`
Array 0–1	`[0.894, 0.894, 0.906]`
Array 0–255	`[228, 228, 231]`
Decimal integer	`15000807`

Contrast and accessibility

WCAG 2 ratios are what audits and legislation reference. APCA is shown alongside because WCAG 2 is known to misjudge mid-tone backgrounds, and it is the basis of the WCAG 3 draft.

Pairing	WCAG 2 ratio	Level	APCA	Suitable for
Zinc 200 on white	1.27:1	Fail	Lc 13	Not usable for text
Zinc 200 on black	16.55:1	AAA	Lc 91	Body text at any size

Zinc 200 text on a white background

Zinc 200 text on a black background

White text on Zinc 200

Black text on Zinc 200

Tonal scale

Hue held fixed while lightness walks OKLCh, ready to use as a design system ramp.

50#f7f7f9
100#ededef
200#dcdcde
300#c5c5c8
400#a9a9ac
500#8b8b8e
600#717174
700#5a5a5d
800#474749
900#383839
950#1f1f20

Tints and shades

Mixed perceptually toward white and black, so the steps feel evenly spaced.

Tint 1#e8e8eb
Tint 2#ededef
Tint 3#f1f1f3
Tint 4#f6f6f7
Tint 5#fafafb
Shade 1#b3b3b5
Shade 2#848486
Shade 3#585859
Shade 4#2f2f30
Shade 5#0c0c0c

Colours that work with Zinc 200

Complementary, triadic and analogous partners, rotated in OKLCh so they keep the same apparent brightness.

#e5e5e2
#e7e4e2
#e2e5e4
#e3e5e7
#e5e4e6

Closest CSS names

lavenderΔEok 0.025
gainsboroΔEok 0.026
mistyroseΔEok 0.037
antiquewhiteΔEok 0.044
linenΔEok 0.045
whitesmokeΔEok 0.051