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#DEE3E9

#dee3e9 ≈ Gainsboro

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#dee3e9 is a color from the azure family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.06% red, 89.02% green and 91.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 4.72% cyan, 2.58% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.63% black. Its hue angle is 212.73°, with 20% saturation and 89.22% 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 16.27:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Gainsboro (#dcdcdc), ΔE 3.63.

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Relative luminance0.7635

Complementary

  1. #dee3e9
  2. #e9e4de

Split complementary

  1. #dee3e9
  2. #e9dfde
  3. #e9e9de

Analogous

  1. #dee9e9
  2. #dee3e9
  3. #dfdee9

Triadic

  1. #dee3e9
  2. #e9dee3
  3. #e3e9de

Tetradic

  1. #dee3e9
  2. #e4dee9
  3. #e9e4de
  4. #e3e9de

Square

  1. #dee3e9
  2. #e9dee9
  3. #e9e4de
  4. #dee9df

Monochromatic

  1. #8295ac
  2. #b0bcca
  3. #dee3e9
  4. #f3f5f7
  5. #f3f5f7

Shades

#dee3e9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dee3e9
  2. #c8ccd2
  3. #b2b6ba
  4. #9b9fa3
  5. #85888c
  6. #6f7275
  7. #595b5d
  8. #434446
  9. #2c2d2f
  10. #161717
  11. #000000

Tints

#dee3e9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dee3e9
  2. #e1e6eb
  3. #e5e9ed
  4. #e8ebf0
  5. #ebeef2
  6. #eff1f4
  7. #f2f4f6
  8. #f5f7f8
  9. #f8f9fb
  10. #fcfcfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dee3e9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dee3e9
  2. #d5d9df
  3. #cbcfd4
  4. #c2c5ca
  5. #b8bbbf
  6. #afb2b5
  7. #a6a8aa
  8. #9c9ea0
  9. #939495
  10. #898a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e2e2e2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e1e3e5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e1e3e9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e0e2e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dce4e5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e0e3e9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dfe2e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #dde4e7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dee3e9 {
  color: #dee3e9;
}
Background
.bg-dee3e9 {
  background-color: #dee3e9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dee3e9 {
  border: 2px solid #dee3e9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dee3e9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 227 233;
  --color-primary-hsl: 213 20% 89%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dee3e9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dee3e9, #dfdee9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dee3e9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 227 233 / 0.35);
}

#dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 3.63 #e5e4e2 Platinum ΔE 4.44 #f0f8ff Alice Blue ΔE 4.50 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 4.84 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 4.84 #f5f5f5 White Smoke ΔE 5.18 #f8f8ff Ghost White ΔE 5.37 #211c16 Inverted #e2e2e2 Grayscale 

Gainsboro
#dee3e9  rgb(222, 227, 233)  hsl(213, 20%, 89%)  Gainsboro
#e9e4de  rgb(233, 228, 222)  hsl(33, 20%, 89%)  Platinum
#e9dee3  rgb(233, 222, 227)  hsl(333, 20%, 89%)  Lavender Blush
#e3e9de  rgb(227, 233, 222)  hsl(93, 20%, 89%)  Mint Cream