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#DAE4E5

#dae4e5 ≈ Gainsboro

  • gray
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Neutral
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#dae4e5 is a color from the gray family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.49% red, 89.41% green and 89.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 4.8% cyan, 0.44% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 185.45°, with 17.46% saturation and 87.65% lightness in HSL. It is a neutral color, often associated with neutrality, balance and professionalism. Designers typically use it for body text and typography, corporate identities and backgrounds and large surfaces. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 16.21:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Gainsboro (#dcdcdc), ΔE 4.69.

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Web safe#cccccc
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Relative luminance0.7605

Complementary

  1. #dae4e5
  2. #e5dbda

Split complementary

  1. #dae4e5
  2. #e5dadf
  3. #e5e1da

Analogous

  1. #dae5e1
  2. #dae4e5
  3. #dadfe5

Triadic

  1. #dae4e5
  2. #e5dae4
  3. #e4e5da

Tetradic

  1. #dae4e5
  2. #dbdae5
  3. #e5dbda
  4. #e4e5da

Square

  1. #dae4e5
  2. #e1dae5
  3. #e5dbda
  4. #dfe5da

Monochromatic

  1. #80a2a6
  2. #adc3c5
  3. #dae4e5
  4. #f3f6f7
  5. #f3f6f7

Shades

#dae4e5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dae4e5
  2. #c4cdce
  3. #aeb6b7
  4. #99a0a0
  5. #838989
  6. #6d7273
  7. #575b5c
  8. #414445
  9. #2c2e2e
  10. #161717
  11. #000000

Tints

#dae4e5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dae4e5
  2. #dee7e8
  3. #e1e9ea
  4. #e5eced
  5. #e9efef
  6. #edf2f2
  7. #f0f4f5
  8. #f4f7f7
  9. #f8fafa
  10. #fbfcfc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dae4e5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dae4e5
  2. #d1dadb
  3. #c8d0d1
  4. #bfc6c7
  5. #b6bcbd
  6. #adb2b3
  7. #a4a8a8
  8. #9b9e9e
  9. #929494
  10. #898a8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e2e2e2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dfe3e3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e2e3e5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e0e1e5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d7e5e4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dfe3e5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dee2e5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d8e5e5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dae4e5 {
  color: #dae4e5;
}
Background
.bg-dae4e5 {
  background-color: #dae4e5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dae4e5 {
  border: 2px solid #dae4e5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dae4e5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 218 228 229;
  --color-primary-hsl: 185 17% 88%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dae4e5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dae4e5, #dadfe5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dae4e5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(218 228 229 / 0.35);
}

#dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 4.69 #e5e4e2 Platinum ΔE 4.96 #f0f8ff Alice Blue ΔE 5.58 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 5.65 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 5.65 #f0ffff Azure ΔE 5.82 #f5f5f5 White Smoke ΔE 6.05 #251b1a Inverted #e2e2e2 Grayscale 

Gainsboro
#dae4e5  rgb(218, 228, 229)  hsl(185, 17%, 88%)  Gainsboro
#e5dbda  rgb(229, 219, 218)  hsl(5, 17%, 88%)  Timberwolf
#e5dae4  rgb(229, 218, 228)  hsl(305, 17%, 88%)  Languid Lavender
#e4e5da  rgb(228, 229, 218)  hsl(65, 17%, 88%)  Eggshell