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#E3E5E2

#e3e5e2 ≈ Platinum

  • gray
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#e3e5e2 is a color from the gray family, with very high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.02% red, 89.8% green and 88.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0.87% cyan, 0% magenta, 1.31% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 100°, 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 16.57:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Platinum (#e5e4e2), ΔE 1.71.

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Relative luminance0.7786

Complementary

  1. #e3e5e2
  2. #e4e2e5

Split complementary

  1. #e3e5e2
  2. #e3e2e5
  3. #e5e2e5

Analogous

  1. #e5e5e2
  2. #e3e5e2
  3. #e2e5e3

Triadic

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

Tetradic

  1. #e3e5e2
  2. #e2e5e4
  3. #e4e2e5
  4. #e5e2e3

Square

  1. #e3e5e2
  2. #e2e5e5
  3. #e4e2e5
  4. #e5e3e2

Monochromatic

  1. #959d91
  2. #bcc1ba
  3. #e3e5e2
  4. #f5f5f4
  5. #f5f5f4

Shades

#e3e5e2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e3e5e2
  2. #cccecb
  3. #b6b7b5
  4. #9fa09e
  5. #888988
  6. #727371
  7. #5b5c5a
  8. #444544
  9. #2d2e2d
  10. #171717
  11. #000000

Tints

#e3e5e2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e3e5e2
  2. #e6e8e5
  3. #e9eae8
  4. #ebedeb
  5. #eeefee
  6. #f1f2f1
  7. #f4f5f3
  8. #f7f7f6
  9. #f9faf9
  10. #fcfcfc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e3e5e2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e3e5e2
  2. #d9dbd8
  3. #cfd1ce
  4. #c5c7c5
  5. #bbbdbb
  6. #b2b3b1
  7. #a8a8a7
  8. #9e9e9d
  9. #949494
  10. #8a8a8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.57:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e4e4e4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e4e5e3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e5e4e2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e5e4e2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e3e5e4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e4e5e2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e4e5e2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e3e5e3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e3e5e2 {
  color: #e3e5e2;
}
Background
.bg-e3e5e2 {
  background-color: #e3e5e2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e3e5e2 {
  border: 2px solid #e3e5e2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e3e5e2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 227 229 226;
  --color-primary-hsl: 100 5% 89%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e3e5e2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e3e5e2, #e2e5e3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e3e5e2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(227 229 226 / 0.35);
}

#e5e4e2 Platinum ΔE 1.71 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 2.80 #f4f0ec Isabelline ΔE 3.92 #f5f5f5 White Smoke ΔE 4.09 #dbd7d2 Timberwolf ΔE 4.13 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 4.46 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 4.46 #1c1a1d Inverted #e4e4e4 Grayscale 

Platinum
#e3e5e2  rgb(227, 229, 226)  hsl(100, 5%, 89%)  Platinum
#e4e2e5  rgb(228, 226, 229)  hsl(280, 5%, 89%)  Gainsboro
#e2e3e5  rgb(226, 227, 229)  hsl(220, 5%, 89%)  Gainsboro
#e5e2e3  rgb(229, 226, 227)  hsl(340, 5%, 89%)  Platinum