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#DFE6E9

#dfe6e9 ≈ Gainsboro

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#dfe6e9 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, 90.2% green and 91.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 4.29% cyan, 1.29% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.63% black. Its hue angle is 198°, with 18.52% saturation and 89.41% 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 16.63:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Gainsboro (#dcdcdc), ΔE 3.79.

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Relative luminance0.7816

Complementary

  1. #dfe6e9
  2. #e9e2df

Split complementary

  1. #dfe6e9
  2. #e9dfe1
  3. #e9e7df

Analogous

  1. #dfe9e7
  2. #dfe6e9
  3. #dfe1e9

Triadic

  1. #dfe6e9
  2. #e9dfe6
  3. #e6e9df

Tetradic

  1. #dfe6e9
  2. #e2dfe9
  3. #e9e2df
  4. #e6e9df

Square

  1. #dfe6e9
  2. #e7dfe9
  3. #e9e2df
  4. #e1e9df

Monochromatic

  1. #849fab
  2. #b2c3ca
  3. #dfe6e9
  4. #f3f6f7
  5. #f3f6f7

Shades

#dfe6e9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfe6e9
  2. #c9cfd2
  3. #b2b8ba
  4. #9ca1a3
  5. #868a8c
  6. #707375
  7. #595c5d
  8. #434546
  9. #2d2e2f
  10. #161717
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfe6e9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfe6e9
  2. #e2e9eb
  3. #e5ebed
  4. #e9eef0
  5. #ecf0f2
  6. #eff3f4
  7. #f2f5f6
  8. #f5f8f8
  9. #f9fafb
  10. #fcfdfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfe6e9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfe6e9
  2. #d6dcdf
  3. #ccd2d4
  4. #c3c7ca
  5. #b9bdbf
  6. #b0b3b5
  7. #a6a9aa
  8. #9d9fa0
  9. #939495
  10. #8a8a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.26:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e5e5e5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e2e5e6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e4e6e9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e3e4e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dde7e7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e2e6e9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e1e5e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #dee7e8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfe6e9 {
  color: #dfe6e9;
}
Background
.bg-dfe6e9 {
  background-color: #dfe6e9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfe6e9 {
  border: 2px solid #dfe6e9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfe6e9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 230 233;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 19% 89%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfe6e9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfe6e9, #dfe1e9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfe6e9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 230 233 / 0.35);
}

#dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 3.79 #e5e4e2 Platinum ΔE 4.03 #f0f8ff Alice Blue ΔE 4.25 #f5f5f5 White Smoke ΔE 4.73 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 5.18 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 5.18 #f8f8ff Ghost White ΔE 6.06 #201916 Inverted #e5e5e5 Grayscale 

Gainsboro
#dfe6e9  rgb(223, 230, 233)  hsl(198, 19%, 89%)  Gainsboro
#e9e2df  rgb(233, 226, 223)  hsl(18, 19%, 89%)  Platinum
#e9dfe6  rgb(233, 223, 230)  hsl(318, 19%, 89%)  Lavender Blush
#e6e9df  rgb(230, 233, 223)  hsl(78, 19%, 89%)  Platinum