#E5E7E4Whale Bone (#E5E7E4) is a near-white neutral with an OKLCH hue of 135°, lightness 0.93 and chroma 0.005. In practice it behaves as a background color — quiet over large surfaces.
| HEX | #E5E7E4 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 231, 228) |
| HSL | hsl(100, 6%, 90%) |
| HSV | hsv(100, 1%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(1%, 0%, 1%, 9%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(91.4 -1.2 1.2) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.926 0.005 135) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Whale Bone shifts subtly: takes on a orange cast, gains intensity; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 2.2), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#eee1d5 — ΔE 2.2, shifts subtly: takes on a orange cast, gains intensity#ede8df — ΔE 1.3, shifts only faintly, with no single dominant change#e5e7e4 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#e5e8e7 — ΔE 0.4, is virtually unchangedTest Whale Bone in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 1.24:1 and against black 16.88:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#e5e7e4 · #c8cac7 · #a1a3a0 · #7c7d7b · #585958 · #373837
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#e5e7e4 · #cddaa5 · #c7c28f · #beaa7d · #b39470 · #a47f66
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#e5e7e4 · #8caeaa · #77916a · #2c7872 · #405634 · #183b38
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#e5e7e4 · #bdc6b8 · #9778a5 · #55654d · #394632 · #20281b
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#e5e7e4 · #ccc7ce · #898f86 · #565358 · #1f251c · #010102
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#e5e7e4 · #a9aaa8 · #878886 · #3f403f · #20211f · #9fd77e
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#e5e7e4 · #cfc5d3 · #9b82a6 · #644771 · #2e1837 · #000200
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#e5e7e4 · #cfc5d3 · #8888b0 · #72435e · #201d40 · #040002
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#e5e7e4 · #c0cad8 · #748fb1 · #794247 · #3c1319 · #000108
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#e5e7e4 · #bacdd4 · #6495a8 · #644771 · #3b1605 · #020005
#e9ebe9 · #eeefed · #f2f3f2 · #f6f7f6 · #fbfbfb
#bfc1be · #999a98 · #737472 · #4c4d4c · #262726
Its high lightness and low chroma make it a natural background or large-surface color.