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#DFE5EA

#dfe5ea ≈ Gainsboro

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#dfe5ea is a color from the azure family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 89.8% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 4.7% cyan, 2.14% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 207.27°, with 20.75% saturation and 89.61% 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 16.53:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Gainsboro (#dcdcdc), ΔE 3.73.

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Relative luminance0.7767

Complementary

  1. #dfe5ea
  2. #eae4df

Split complementary

  1. #dfe5ea
  2. #eadfe0
  3. #eaeadf

Analogous

  1. #dfeaea
  2. #dfe5ea
  3. #dfe0ea

Triadic

  1. #dfe5ea
  2. #eadfe5
  3. #e5eadf

Tetradic

  1. #dfe5ea
  2. #e4dfea
  3. #eae4df
  4. #e5eadf

Square

  1. #dfe5ea
  2. #eadfea
  3. #eae4df
  4. #e0eadf

Monochromatic

  1. #839aad
  2. #b1bfcc
  3. #dfe5ea
  4. #f3f5f7
  5. #f3f5f7

Shades

#dfe5ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfe5ea
  2. #c9ced3
  3. #b2b7bb
  4. #9ca0a4
  5. #86898c
  6. #707375
  7. #595c5e
  8. #434546
  9. #2d2e2f
  10. #161717
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfe5ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfe5ea
  2. #e2e8ec
  3. #e5eaee
  4. #e9edf0
  5. #eceff2
  6. #eff2f5
  7. #f2f5f7
  8. #f5f7f9
  9. #f9fafb
  10. #fcfcfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfe5ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfe5ea
  2. #d6dbdf
  3. #ccd1d5
  4. #c3c7ca
  5. #b9bdc0
  6. #b0b3b5
  7. #a6a8aa
  8. #9d9ea0
  9. #939495
  10. #8a8a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.53:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e4e4e4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e2e4e6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e3e5ea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e2e4ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dce6e7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e1e5ea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e1e4ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #dde6e8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfe5ea {
  color: #dfe5ea;
}
Background
.bg-dfe5ea {
  background-color: #dfe5ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfe5ea {
  border: 2px solid #dfe5ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfe5ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 229 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 21% 90%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfe5ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfe5ea, #dfe0ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfe5ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 229 234 / 0.35);
}

#dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 3.73 #f0f8ff Alice Blue ΔE 4.09 #e5e4e2 Platinum ΔE 4.27 #f5f5f5 White Smoke ΔE 4.85 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 5.08 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 5.08 #f8f8ff Ghost White ΔE 5.46 #201a15 Inverted #e4e4e4 Grayscale 

Gainsboro
#dfe5ea  rgb(223, 229, 234)  hsl(207, 21%, 90%)  Gainsboro
#eae4df  rgb(234, 228, 223)  hsl(27, 21%, 90%)  Platinum
#eadfe5  rgb(234, 223, 229)  hsl(327, 21%, 90%)  Lavender Blush
#e5eadf  rgb(229, 234, 223)  hsl(87, 21%, 90%)  Ivory