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#E2E3E5

#e2e3e5 ≈ Gainsboro

  • gray
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#e2e3e5 is a color from the gray family, with very high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 88.63% red, 89.02% green and 89.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 1.31% cyan, 0.87% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 220°, with 5.45% saturation and 89.22% lightness in HSL. It is a neutral color, often associated with neutrality, balance and professionalism. Designers typically use it for body text and typography, corporate identities and backgrounds and large surfaces. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 16.35:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Gainsboro (#dcdcdc), ΔE 1.88.

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Relative luminance0.7676

Complementary

  1. #e2e3e5
  2. #e5e4e2

Split complementary

  1. #e2e3e5
  2. #e5e3e2
  3. #e5e5e2

Analogous

  1. #e2e5e5
  2. #e2e3e5
  3. #e3e2e5

Triadic

  1. #e2e3e5
  2. #e5e2e3
  3. #e3e5e2

Tetradic

  1. #e2e3e5
  2. #e4e2e5
  3. #e5e4e2
  4. #e3e5e2

Square

  1. #e2e3e5
  2. #e5e2e5
  3. #e5e4e2
  4. #e2e5e3

Monochromatic

  1. #91959d
  2. #babcc1
  3. #e2e3e5
  4. #f4f5f5
  5. #f4f5f5

Shades

#e2e3e5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e2e3e5
  2. #cbccce
  3. #b5b6b7
  4. #9e9fa0
  5. #888889
  6. #717273
  7. #5a5b5c
  8. #444445
  9. #2d2d2e
  10. #171717
  11. #000000

Tints

#e2e3e5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e2e3e5
  2. #e5e6e8
  3. #e8e9ea
  4. #ebebed
  5. #eeeeef
  6. #f1f1f2
  7. #f3f4f5
  8. #f6f7f7
  9. #f9f9fa
  10. #fcfcfc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e2e3e5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e2e3e5
  2. #d8d9db
  3. #cecfd1
  4. #c5c5c7
  5. #bbbbbd
  6. #b1b2b3
  7. #a7a8a8
  8. #9d9e9e
  9. #949494
  10. #8a8a8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.35:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e3e3e3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e3e3e4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e2e3e5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e2e3e5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e1e3e4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e2e3e5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e2e3e5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e2e3e4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e2e3e5 {
  color: #e2e3e5;
}
Background
.bg-e2e3e5 {
  background-color: #e2e3e5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e2e3e5 {
  border: 2px solid #e2e3e5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e2e3e5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 226 227 229;
  --color-primary-hsl: 220 5% 89%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e2e3e5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e2e3e5, #e3e2e5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e2e3e5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(226 227 229 / 0.35);
}

#dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 1.88 #e5e4e2 Platinum ΔE 2.15 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 3.79 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 3.79 #f5f5f5 White Smoke ΔE 3.98 #f4f0ec Isabelline ΔE 4.52 #dbd7d2 Timberwolf ΔE 4.66 #1d1c1a Inverted #e3e3e3 Grayscale 

Gainsboro
#e2e3e5  rgb(226, 227, 229)  hsl(220, 5%, 89%)  Gainsboro
#e5e4e2  rgb(229, 228, 226)  hsl(40, 5%, 89%)  Platinum
#e5e2e3  rgb(229, 226, 227)  hsl(340, 5%, 89%)  Platinum
#e3e5e2  rgb(227, 229, 226)  hsl(100, 5%, 89%)  Platinum