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#E1E8EC

#e1e8ec ≈ Alice Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#e1e8ec is a color from the azure family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 88.24% red, 90.98% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 4.66% cyan, 1.69% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 201.82°, with 22.45% saturation and 90.39% 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 16.96:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Alice Blue (#f0f8ff), ΔE 3.63.

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Relative luminance0.7978

Complementary

  1. #e1e8ec
  2. #ece5e1

Split complementary

  1. #e1e8ec
  2. #ece1e2
  3. #eceae1

Analogous

  1. #e1ecea
  2. #e1e8ec
  3. #e1e2ec

Triadic

  1. #e1e8ec
  2. #ece1e8
  3. #e8ece1

Tetradic

  1. #e1e8ec
  2. #e5e1ec
  3. #ece5e1
  4. #e8ece1

Square

  1. #e1e8ec
  2. #eae1ec
  3. #ece5e1
  4. #e2ece1

Monochromatic

  1. #83a0b1
  2. #b2c4ce
  3. #e1e8ec
  4. #f3f5f7
  5. #f3f5f7

Shades

#e1e8ec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e1e8ec
  2. #cbd1d4
  3. #b4babd
  4. #9ea2a5
  5. #878b8e
  6. #717476
  7. #5a5d5e
  8. #444647
  9. #2d2e2f
  10. #171718
  11. #000000

Tints

#e1e8ec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e1e8ec
  2. #e4eaee
  3. #e7edf0
  4. #eaeff2
  5. #edf1f4
  6. #f0f4f6
  7. #f3f6f7
  8. #f6f8f9
  9. #f9fafb
  10. #fcfdfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e1e8ec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e1e8ec
  2. #d7dee1
  3. #ced3d6
  4. #c4c9cc
  5. #babec1
  6. #b1b4b6
  7. #a7aaab
  8. #9d9fa0
  9. #939596
  10. #8a8a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.96:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e7e7e7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e5e7e9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e6e8ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e5e6ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dee9e9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e4e8ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e3e7ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #dfe9ea ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e1e8ec {
  color: #e1e8ec;
}
Background
.bg-e1e8ec {
  background-color: #e1e8ec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e1e8ec {
  border: 2px solid #e1e8ec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e1e8ec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 225 232 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 22% 90%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e1e8ec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e1e8ec, #e1e2ec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e1e8ec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(225 232 236 / 0.35);
}

#f0f8ff Alice Blue ΔE 3.63 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 4.14 #e5e4e2 Platinum ΔE 4.29 #f5f5f5 White Smoke ΔE 4.50 #f8f8ff Ghost White ΔE 5.52 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 5.61 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 5.61 #1e1713 Inverted #e7e7e7 Grayscale 

Alice Blue
#e1e8ec  rgb(225, 232, 236)  hsl(202, 22%, 90%)  Alice Blue
#ece5e1  rgb(236, 229, 225)  hsl(22, 22%, 90%)  Isabelline
#ece1e8  rgb(236, 225, 232)  hsl(322, 22%, 90%)  Lavender Blush
#e8ece1  rgb(232, 236, 225)  hsl(82, 22%, 90%)  Ivory