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#E3E7ED

#e3e7ed ≈ Alice Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#e3e7ed is a color from the azure family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.02% red, 90.59% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 4.22% cyan, 2.53% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 216°, with 21.74% saturation and 90.98% 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 16.92:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Alice Blue (#f0f8ff), ΔE 3.81.

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Relative luminance0.796

Complementary

  1. #e3e7ed
  2. #ede9e3

Split complementary

  1. #e3e7ed
  2. #ede4e3
  3. #ecede3

Analogous

  1. #e3eced
  2. #e3e7ed
  3. #e4e3ed

Triadic

  1. #e3e7ed
  2. #ede3e7
  3. #e7ede3

Tetradic

  1. #e3e7ed
  2. #e9e3ed
  3. #ede9e3
  4. #e7ede3

Square

  1. #e3e7ed
  2. #ede3ec
  3. #ede9e3
  4. #e3ede4

Monochromatic

  1. #8697b1
  2. #b4bfcf
  3. #e3e7ed
  4. #f3f4f7
  5. #f3f4f7

Shades

#e3e7ed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e3e7ed
  2. #ccd0d5
  3. #b6b9be
  4. #9fa2a6
  5. #888b8e
  6. #727477
  7. #5b5c5f
  8. #444547
  9. #2d2e2f
  10. #171718
  11. #000000

Tints

#e3e7ed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e3e7ed
  2. #e6e9ef
  3. #e9ecf1
  4. #ebeef2
  5. #eef1f4
  6. #f1f3f6
  7. #f4f5f8
  8. #f7f8fa
  9. #f9fafb
  10. #fcfdfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e3e7ed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e3e7ed
  2. #d9dde2
  3. #cfd2d7
  4. #c5c8cc
  5. #bbbec1
  6. #b2b4b7
  7. #a8a9ac
  8. #9e9fa1
  9. #949596
  10. #8a8a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.92:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e7e7e7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e5e7e9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e5e7ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e4e6ed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e1e8e9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e4e7ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e4e7ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e2e8eb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e3e7ed {
  color: #e3e7ed;
}
Background
.bg-e3e7ed {
  background-color: #e3e7ed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e3e7ed {
  border: 2px solid #e3e7ed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e3e7ed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 227 231 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 216 22% 91%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e3e7ed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e3e7ed, #e4e3ed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e3e7ed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(227 231 237 / 0.35);
}

#f0f8ff Alice Blue ΔE 3.81 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 3.93 #e5e4e2 Platinum ΔE 4.30 #f8f8ff Ghost White ΔE 4.33 #f5f5f5 White Smoke ΔE 4.38 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 5.44 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 5.44 #1c1812 Inverted #e7e7e7 Grayscale 

Alice Blue
#e3e7ed  rgb(227, 231, 237)  hsl(216, 22%, 91%)  Alice Blue
#ede9e3  rgb(237, 233, 227)  hsl(36, 22%, 91%)  Isabelline
#ede3e7  rgb(237, 227, 231)  hsl(336, 22%, 91%)  Lavender Blush
#e7ede3  rgb(231, 237, 227)  hsl(96, 22%, 91%)  Mint Cream