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#E2E6E9

#e2e6e9 ≈ Gainsboro

  • gray
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Neutral
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#e2e6e9 is a color from the gray family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 88.63% red, 90.2% green and 91.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 3% cyan, 1.29% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.63% black. Its hue angle is 205.71°, with 13.73% saturation and 90% 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 16.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Gainsboro (#dcdcdc), ΔE 3.

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Relative luminance0.7865

Complementary

  1. #e2e6e9
  2. #e9e5e2

Split complementary

  1. #e2e6e9
  2. #e9e2e2
  3. #e9e9e2

Analogous

  1. #e2e9e9
  2. #e2e6e9
  3. #e2e2e9

Triadic

  1. #e2e6e9
  2. #e9e2e6
  3. #e6e9e2

Tetradic

  1. #e2e6e9
  2. #e5e2e9
  3. #e9e5e2
  4. #e6e9e2

Square

  1. #e2e6e9
  2. #e9e2e9
  3. #e9e5e2
  4. #e2e9e2

Monochromatic

  1. #8b9ba7
  2. #b6c1c8
  3. #e2e6e9
  4. #f3f5f6
  5. #f3f5f6

Shades

#e2e6e9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e2e6e9
  2. #cbcfd2
  3. #b5b8ba
  4. #9ea1a3
  5. #888a8c
  6. #717375
  7. #5a5c5d
  8. #444546
  9. #2d2e2f
  10. #171717
  11. #000000

Tints

#e2e6e9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e2e6e9
  2. #e5e9eb
  3. #e8ebed
  4. #ebeef0
  5. #eef0f2
  6. #f1f3f4
  7. #f3f5f6
  8. #f6f8f8
  9. #f9fafb
  10. #fcfdfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e2e6e9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e2e6e9
  2. #d8dcdf
  3. #ced2d4
  4. #c5c7ca
  5. #bbbdbf
  6. #b1b3b5
  7. #a7a9aa
  8. #9d9fa0
  9. #949495
  10. #8a8a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.26:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e5e5e5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e4e6e7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e5e6e9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e4e5e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e0e7e7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e4e6e9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e3e5e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e1e6e8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e2e6e9 {
  color: #e2e6e9;
}
Background
.bg-e2e6e9 {
  background-color: #e2e6e9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e2e6e9 {
  border: 2px solid #e2e6e9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e2e6e9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 226 230 233;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 14% 90%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e2e6e9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e2e6e9, #e2e2e9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e2e6e9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(226 230 233 / 0.35);
}

#dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 3.00 #e5e4e2 Platinum ΔE 3.13 #f5f5f5 White Smoke ΔE 3.94 #f0f8ff Alice Blue ΔE 4.26 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 4.69 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 4.69 #f8f8ff Ghost White ΔE 5.14 #1d1916 Inverted #e5e5e5 Grayscale 

Gainsboro
#e2e6e9  rgb(226, 230, 233)  hsl(206, 14%, 90%)  Gainsboro
#e9e5e2  rgb(233, 229, 226)  hsl(26, 14%, 90%)  Platinum
#e9e2e6  rgb(233, 226, 230)  hsl(326, 14%, 90%)  Gainsboro
#e6e9e2  rgb(230, 233, 226)  hsl(86, 14%, 90%)  Platinum