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#E4E6E1

#e4e6e1 ≈ Platinum

  • gray
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#e4e6e1 is a color from the gray family, with very high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.41% red, 90.2% green and 88.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0.87% cyan, 0% magenta, 2.17% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 84°, with 9.09% 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 16.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Platinum (#e5e4e2), ΔE 2.4.

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Relative luminance0.7852

Complementary

  1. #e4e6e1
  2. #e3e1e6

Split complementary

  1. #e4e6e1
  2. #e1e2e6
  3. #e6e1e6

Analogous

  1. #e6e6e1
  2. #e4e6e1
  3. #e2e6e1

Triadic

  1. #e4e6e1
  2. #e1e4e6
  3. #e6e1e4

Tetradic

  1. #e4e6e1
  2. #e1e6e3
  3. #e3e1e6
  4. #e6e1e4

Square

  1. #e4e6e1
  2. #e1e6e6
  3. #e3e1e6
  4. #e6e1e2

Monochromatic

  1. #99a08e
  2. #bec3b7
  3. #e4e6e1
  4. #f5f6f4
  5. #f5f6f4

Shades

#e4e6e1 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e4e6e1
  2. #cdcfcb
  3. #b6b8b4
  4. #a0a19e
  5. #898a87
  6. #727371
  7. #5b5c5a
  8. #444544
  9. #2e2e2d
  10. #171717
  11. #000000

Tints

#e4e6e1 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e4e6e1
  2. #e7e9e4
  3. #e9ebe7
  4. #eceeea
  5. #eff0ed
  6. #f2f3f0
  7. #f4f5f3
  8. #f7f8f6
  9. #fafaf9
  10. #fcfdfc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e4e6e1 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e4e6e1
  2. #dadcd7
  3. #d0d2ce
  4. #c6c7c4
  5. #bcbdba
  6. #b2b3b1
  7. #a8a9a7
  8. #9e9f9d
  9. #949493
  10. #8a8a8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.26:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e5e5e5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e5e6e4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e7e5e1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e6e5e1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e4e5e4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e6e6e1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e5e6e1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e4e6e3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e4e6e1 {
  color: #e4e6e1;
}
Background
.bg-e4e6e1 {
  background-color: #e4e6e1;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e4e6e1 {
  border: 2px solid #e4e6e1;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e4e6e1;
  --color-primary-rgb: 228 230 225;
  --color-primary-hsl: 84 9% 89%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e4e6e1 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e4e6e1, #e2e6e1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e4e6e1 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(228 230 225 / 0.35);
}

#e5e4e2 Platinum ΔE 2.40 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 3.63 #f4f0ec Isabelline ΔE 4.01 #dbd7d2 Timberwolf ΔE 4.33 #f5f5f5 White Smoke ΔE 4.48 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 5.10 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 5.10 #1b191e Inverted #e5e5e5 Grayscale 

Platinum
#e4e6e1  rgb(228, 230, 225)  hsl(84, 9%, 89%)  Platinum
#e3e1e6  rgb(227, 225, 230)  hsl(264, 9%, 89%)  Gainsboro
#e1e4e6  rgb(225, 228, 230)  hsl(204, 9%, 89%)  Gainsboro
#e6e1e4  rgb(230, 225, 228)  hsl(324, 9%, 89%)  Gainsboro