Bon Jour Color
Bon Jour is a gray color with hex code #E5E0E1. This page covers its meaning, all color values, harmonies, colors that go with bon jour, shades, tints, similar colors, CSS examples, FAQs, and WCAG contrast ratios.
Bon Jour Color Values
What Does Bon Jour Mean?
Bon Jour belongs to the gray family of colors. Gray settles arguments between colors. Practical, quiet, and hard to date-stamp, it lets brighter hues carry the personality while providing structure. Warm grays cozy a room up; cool grays keep it businesslike. As a lighter shade, Bon Jour reads as airy and understated, comfortable working in backgrounds and across big surfaces.
In the ISCC-NBS color naming system, Bon Jour is classified as a white (nearest centroid: purplish white, #E8E3E5).
Color Harmonies
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Colors That Go With Bon Jour
Bon Jour and #E0E5E4 are complements, parked opposite each other on the wheel. Together they hit maximum contrast, so a rough 70/30 split keeps the pairing from shouting.
Analogous neighbors — #E5E0E4 and #E5E2E0, which sit beside bon jour on the wheel. Pairings like this feel calm and settled, which suits backgrounds and gradients.
For an energetic three-color palette, pair bon jour with triadic partners #E1E5E0 and #E0E1E5. All three sit evenly spaced around the wheel, so the scheme stays lively without clashing.
Build and test these combinations in our Color Wheel Tool or check text readability with the Contrast Checker.
Tints and Shades
Tints (lighter)
Shades (darker)
Similar Colors
- Ebb —
#E9E3E3(Delta E 1) - Gainsboro —
#DCDCDC(Delta E 3) - Swiss Coffee —
#DDD6D5(Delta E 4) - Dawn Pink —
#F3E9E5(Delta E 5) - Timberwolf —
#DBD7D2(Delta E 5)
CSS Examples
.text { color: #E5E0E1; }
.background { background-color: #E5E0E1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #E5E0E1; }
.shadow { box-shadow: 0 4px 6px #E5E0E140; }WCAG Contrast
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the hex code for bon jour?
Bon Jour has the hex code #E5E0E1. In RGB notation it is rgb(229, 224, 225), in HSL it is hsl(348, 9%, 89%), and its OKLCH value is 0.911, 0.006, 3.4.
What does the color bon jour mean?
Gray-family colors like bon jour carry distinct psychological associations. Bon Jour belongs to the gray family of colors. Gray settles arguments between colors. Practical, quiet, and hard to date-stamp, it lets brighter hues carry the personality while providing structure. Warm grays cozy a room up; cool grays keep it businesslike. As a lighter shade, Bon Jour reads as airy and understated, comfortable working in backgrounds and across big surfaces.
What colors go with bon jour?
Bon Jour has three easy routes: its complement #E0E5E4 for punch, its neighbors #E5E0E4 and #E5E2E0 for something calmer, or triadic partners #E1E5E0 and #E0E1E5 when you want energy.
Is bon jour a standard web color?
No — Bon Jour is not a CSS keyword. Use its hex value #E5E0E1 or any RGB/HSL equivalent in your stylesheets.
How do I make bon jour lighter or darker?
To lighten bon jour, add white to create tints; to darken it, add black to create shades. The tints and shades table above shows five computed steps of each, from #FAF9FA (lightest tint) to #2A2324 (darkest shade).
About Bon Jour
Bon Jour is classified as a White in the ISCC-NBS color naming system, within the Gray hue family. It has The color is recognized by Resene.
Use our Color Converter to convert #E5E0E1 to any other color format, or explore the Color Wheel to find harmonious color combinations.