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#DAE3E7

#dae3e7 ≈ Gainsboro

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#dae3e7 is a color from the azure family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.49% red, 89.02% green and 90.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 5.63% cyan, 1.73% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 198.46°, with 21.31% saturation and 88.04% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and backgrounds and large surfaces. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 16.12:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Gainsboro (#dcdcdc), ΔE 4.28.

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Relative luminance0.7561

Complementary

  1. #dae3e7
  2. #e7deda

Split complementary

  1. #dae3e7
  2. #e7dadd
  3. #e7e5da

Analogous

  1. #dae7e5
  2. #dae3e7
  3. #dadde7

Triadic

  1. #dae3e7
  2. #e7dae3
  3. #e3e7da

Tetradic

  1. #dae3e7
  2. #dedae7
  3. #e7deda
  4. #e3e7da

Square

  1. #dae3e7
  2. #e5dae7
  3. #e7deda
  4. #dde7da

Monochromatic

  1. #7d9dab
  2. #acc0c9
  3. #dae3e7
  4. #f3f6f7
  5. #f3f6f7

Shades

#dae3e7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dae3e7
  2. #c4ccd0
  3. #aeb6b9
  4. #999fa2
  5. #83888b
  6. #6d7274
  7. #575b5c
  8. #414445
  9. #2c2d2e
  10. #161717
  11. #000000

Tints

#dae3e7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dae3e7
  2. #dee6e9
  3. #e1e9ec
  4. #e5ebee
  5. #e9eef1
  6. #edf1f3
  7. #f0f4f5
  8. #f4f7f8
  9. #f8f9fa
  10. #fbfcfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dae3e7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dae3e7
  2. #d1d9dd
  3. #c8cfd2
  4. #bfc5c8
  5. #b6bbbe
  6. #adb2b4
  7. #a4a8a9
  8. #9b9e9f
  9. #929495
  10. #898a8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e1e1e1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dee2e4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e1e2e7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dfe1e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d7e4e4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dee3e7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dde2e7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d8e4e5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dae3e7 {
  color: #dae3e7;
}
Background
.bg-dae3e7 {
  background-color: #dae3e7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dae3e7 {
  border: 2px solid #dae3e7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dae3e7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 218 227 231;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 21% 88%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dae3e7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dae3e7, #dadde7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dae3e7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(218 227 231 / 0.35);
}

#dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 4.28 #f0f8ff Alice Blue ΔE 4.85 #e5e4e2 Platinum ΔE 4.92 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 5.26 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 5.26 #f5f5f5 White Smoke ΔE 5.85 #f0ffff Azure ΔE 6.58 #251c18 Inverted #e1e1e1 Grayscale 

Gainsboro
#dae3e7  rgb(218, 227, 231)  hsl(198, 21%, 88%)  Gainsboro
#e7deda  rgb(231, 222, 218)  hsl(18, 21%, 88%)  Timberwolf
#e7dae3  rgb(231, 218, 227)  hsl(318, 21%, 88%)  Lavender Blush
#e3e7da  rgb(227, 231, 218)  hsl(78, 21%, 88%)  Eggshell