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#E3E6EA

#e3e6ea ≈ Gainsboro

  • gray
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Neutral
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#e3e6ea is a color from the gray family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.02% red, 90.2% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 2.99% cyan, 1.71% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 214.29°, with 14.29% saturation and 90.39% 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 16.77:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Gainsboro (#dcdcdc), ΔE 3.08.

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Relative luminance0.7887

Complementary

  1. #e3e6ea
  2. #eae7e3

Split complementary

  1. #e3e6ea
  2. #eae3e3
  3. #e9eae3

Analogous

  1. #e3e9ea
  2. #e3e6ea
  3. #e3e3ea

Triadic

  1. #e3e6ea
  2. #eae3e6
  3. #e6eae3

Tetradic

  1. #e3e6ea
  2. #e7e3ea
  3. #eae7e3
  4. #e6eae3

Square

  1. #e3e6ea
  2. #eae3e9
  3. #eae7e3
  4. #e3eae3

Monochromatic

  1. #8c98a8
  2. #b7bfc9
  3. #e3e6ea
  4. #f3f5f6
  5. #f3f5f6

Shades

#e3e6ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e3e6ea
  2. #cccfd3
  3. #b6b8bb
  4. #9fa1a4
  5. #888a8c
  6. #727375
  7. #5b5c5e
  8. #444546
  9. #2d2e2f
  10. #171717
  11. #000000

Tints

#e3e6ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e3e6ea
  2. #e6e9ec
  3. #e9ebee
  4. #ebeef0
  5. #eef0f2
  6. #f1f3f5
  7. #f4f5f7
  8. #f7f8f9
  9. #f9fafb
  10. #fcfdfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e3e6ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e3e6ea
  2. #d9dcdf
  3. #cfd2d5
  4. #c5c7ca
  5. #bbbdc0
  6. #b2b3b5
  7. #a8a9aa
  8. #9e9fa0
  9. #949495
  10. #8a8a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e6e6e6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e5e6e7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e5e6ea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e4e5ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e1e7e7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e4e6ea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e4e6ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e2e6e8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e3e6ea {
  color: #e3e6ea;
}
Background
.bg-e3e6ea {
  background-color: #e3e6ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e3e6ea {
  border: 2px solid #e3e6ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e3e6ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 227 230 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 214 14% 90%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e3e6ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e3e6ea, #e3e3ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e3e6ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(227 230 234 / 0.35);
}

#dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 3.08 #e5e4e2 Platinum ΔE 3.32 #f5f5f5 White Smoke ΔE 3.93 #f0f8ff Alice Blue ΔE 4.24 #f8f8ff Ghost White ΔE 4.62 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 4.77 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 4.77 #1c1915 Inverted #e6e6e6 Grayscale 

Gainsboro
#e3e6ea  rgb(227, 230, 234)  hsl(214, 14%, 90%)  Gainsboro
#eae7e3  rgb(234, 231, 227)  hsl(34, 14%, 90%)  Platinum
#eae3e6  rgb(234, 227, 230)  hsl(334, 14%, 90%)  Platinum
#e6eae3  rgb(230, 234, 227)  hsl(94, 14%, 90%)  Platinum