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#DCE1E7

#dce1e7 ≈ Gainsboro

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#dce1e7 is a color from the azure family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 88.24% green and 90.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 4.76% cyan, 2.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 212.73°, with 18.64% saturation and 88.43% 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 15.97:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Gainsboro (#dcdcdc), ΔE 3.48.

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Relative luminance0.7484

Complementary

  1. #dce1e7
  2. #e7e2dc

Split complementary

  1. #dce1e7
  2. #e7dcdc
  3. #e6e7dc

Analogous

  1. #dce6e7
  2. #dce1e7
  3. #dcdce7

Triadic

  1. #dce1e7
  2. #e7dce1
  3. #e1e7dc

Tetradic

  1. #dce1e7
  2. #e2dce7
  3. #e7e2dc
  4. #e1e7dc

Square

  1. #dce1e7
  2. #e7dce6
  3. #e7e2dc
  4. #dce7dc

Monochromatic

  1. #8193a9
  2. #afbac8
  3. #dce1e7
  4. #f3f5f7
  5. #f3f5f7

Shades

#dce1e7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dce1e7
  2. #c6cbd0
  3. #b0b4b9
  4. #9a9ea2
  5. #84878b
  6. #6e7174
  7. #585a5c
  8. #424445
  9. #2c2d2e
  10. #161717
  11. #000000

Tints

#dce1e7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dce1e7
  2. #e0e4e9
  3. #e3e7ec
  4. #e7eaee
  5. #eaedf1
  6. #eef0f3
  7. #f1f3f5
  8. #f5f6f8
  9. #f8f9fa
  10. #fcfcfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dce1e7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dce1e7
  2. #d3d7dd
  3. #caced2
  4. #c0c4c8
  5. #b7babe
  6. #aeb1b4
  7. #a5a7a9
  8. #9c9d9f
  9. #929395
  10. #898a8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.32:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.97:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e0e0e0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dfe1e3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dfe1e7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dee0e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dae2e3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dee1e7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dde0e7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #dbe2e5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dce1e7 {
  color: #dce1e7;
}
Background
.bg-dce1e7 {
  background-color: #dce1e7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dce1e7 {
  border: 2px solid #dce1e7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dce1e7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 225 231;
  --color-primary-hsl: 213 19% 88%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dce1e7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dce1e7, #dcdce7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dce1e7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 225 231 / 0.35);
}

#dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 3.48 #e5e4e2 Platinum ΔE 4.50 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 4.54 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 4.54 #f0f8ff Alice Blue ΔE 4.93 #f5f5f5 White Smoke ΔE 5.53 #f8f8ff Ghost White ΔE 5.76 #231e18 Inverted #e0e0e0 Grayscale 

Gainsboro
#dce1e7  rgb(220, 225, 231)  hsl(213, 19%, 88%)  Gainsboro
#e7e2dc  rgb(231, 226, 220)  hsl(33, 19%, 88%)  Platinum
#e7dce1  rgb(231, 220, 225)  hsl(333, 19%, 88%)  Lavender Blush
#e1e7dc  rgb(225, 231, 220)  hsl(93, 19%, 88%)  Mint Cream