HEX atlas value

#EBEBEB

#EBEBEB is a neutral gray HEX color nearest Mercury. RGB 235, 235, 235, HSL 0° 0% 92%, luminance 0.8308; view contrast and conversions.

gray neutral light

#EBEBEB Sample readable text

HEX #EBEBEB

RGB rgb(235, 235, 235)

HSL hsl(0 0% 92%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 0, 0, 8)

Luminance 0.8308

Contrast Black 17.62:1White 1.19:1

CSS

--color-ebebeb: #EBEBEB;
.background-ebebeb { background-color: #EBEBEB; }
.text-ebebeb { color: #EBEBEB; }

HEX meaning and use

About #EBEBEB

#EBEBEB is classified as a neutral gray value with light visual character. #EBEBEB is visually closest to Mercury, a named gray color with HEX #EBEBEB.

The RGB channels are 235, 235, and 235, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 0deg with 0% saturation and 92% lightness, so this page treats it as a low-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and light surfaces. Its luminance is 0.8308, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text17.62:1AA Pass

White text1.19:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #EBEBEB needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000017.62:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.19:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#FFFFFF · #000000 text · best 21:1 Porcelain#F2F3F4 · #000000 text · best 18.9:1 Marble White#F2F0E6 · #000000 text · best 18.38:1 Alabaster#EDEAE0 · #000000 text · best 17.45:1 #EFE6E6#EFE6E6 · #000000 text · best 17.13:1

Generated Palette

Mercury#EBEBEB

White#FFFFFF

#BDBDBD#BDBDBD

Color Harmonies

Mercury#EBEBEB

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#BDBDBD#BDBDBD

#EFE6E6#EFE6E6

Mercury#EBEBEB

White#FFFFFF

Nearest Named Colors

Mercury#EBEBEB

Marble White#F2F0E6

Alabaster#EDEAE0

Platinum#E5E4E2

Porcelain#F2F3F4

Luminance0.8308

Black text17.62:1AA Pass

White text1.19:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#EBEBEB","rgb":[235,235,235],"hsl":[0,0,92],"cmyk":[0,0,0,8],"luminance":0.8308,"contrast":{"black":17.62,"white":1.19}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":17.62,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.19,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"White","hex":"#FFFFFF","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":21,"contrastWhite":1,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Porcelain","hex":"#F2F3F4","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.9,"contrastWhite":1.11,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Marble White","hex":"#F2F0E6","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.38,"contrastWhite":1.14,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Alabaster","hex":"#EDEAE0","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.45,"contrastWhite":1.2,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#EFE6E6","hex":"#EFE6E6","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.13,"contrastWhite":1.23,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["neutral gray","light","light gray","Mercury adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","light surfaces","neutral UI systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/ebebeb.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/mercury.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/marble-white.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/alabaster.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#EBEBEB","analogous":["#EBEBEB","#EBEBEB"],"triadic":["#EBEBEB","#EBEBEB"],"tetradic":["#EBEBEB","#EBEBEB","#EBEBEB"],"splitComplementary":["#EBEBEB","#EBEBEB"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#EBEBEB","#BDBDBD"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#BDBDBD","saturated":"#EFE6E6","desaturated":"#EBEBEB","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFFFFF"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"mercury","name":"Mercury","hex":"#EBEBEB","distance":0},{"slug":"marble-white","name":"Marble White","hex":"#F2F0E6","distance":9.9498743710662},{"slug":"alabaster","name":"Alabaster","hex":"#EDEAE0","distance":11.224972160321824},{"slug":"platinum","name":"Platinum","hex":"#E5E4E2","distance":12.884098726725126},{"slug":"porcelain","name":"Porcelain","hex":"#F2F3F4","distance":13.92838827718412}]

#EBEBEB

CSS

About #EBEBEB

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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