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#E4E6ED

#e4e6ed ≈ Ghost White

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#e4e6ed is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.41% red, 90.2% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 3.8% cyan, 2.95% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 226.67°, with 20% saturation and 91.18% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. 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 16.84:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Ghost White (#f8f8ff), ΔE 3.99.

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Relative luminance0.792

Complementary

  1. #e4e6ed
  2. #edebe4

Split complementary

  1. #e4e6ed
  2. #ede7e4
  3. #ebede4

Analogous

  1. #e4ebed
  2. #e4e6ed
  3. #e7e4ed

Triadic

  1. #e4e6ed
  2. #ede4e6
  3. #e6ede4

Tetradic

  1. #e4e6ed
  2. #ebe4ed
  3. #edebe4
  4. #e6ede4

Square

  1. #e4e6ed
  2. #ede4eb
  3. #edebe4
  4. #e4ede7

Monochromatic

  1. #8891b0
  2. #b6bcce
  3. #e4e6ed
  4. #f3f4f7
  5. #f3f4f7

Shades

#e4e6ed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e4e6ed
  2. #cdcfd5
  3. #b6b8be
  4. #a0a1a6
  5. #898a8e
  6. #727377
  7. #5b5c5f
  8. #444547
  9. #2e2e2f
  10. #171718
  11. #000000

Tints

#e4e6ed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e4e6ed
  2. #e7e9ef
  3. #e9ebf1
  4. #eceef2
  5. #eff0f4
  6. #f2f3f6
  7. #f4f5f8
  8. #f7f8fa
  9. #fafafb
  10. #fcfdfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e4e6ed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e4e6ed
  2. #dadce2
  3. #d0d2d7
  4. #c6c7cc
  5. #bcbdc1
  6. #b2b3b7
  7. #a8a9ac
  8. #9e9fa1
  9. #949496
  10. #8a8a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.84:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e6e6e6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e5e6e9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e4e6ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e4e6ed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e2e7e8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e4e6ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e4e6ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e3e7ea ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e4e6ed {
  color: #e4e6ed;
}
Background
.bg-e4e6ed {
  background-color: #e4e6ed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e4e6ed {
  border: 2px solid #e4e6ed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e4e6ed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 228 230 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 227 20% 91%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e4e6ed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e4e6ed, #e7e4ed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e4e6ed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(228 230 237 / 0.35);
}

#f8f8ff Ghost White ΔE 3.99 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 4.11 #f0f8ff Alice Blue ΔE 4.50 #e5e4e2 Platinum ΔE 4.55 #f5f5f5 White Smoke ΔE 4.67 #f8f4ff Magnolia ΔE 4.93 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 5.53 #1b1912 Inverted #e6e6e6 Grayscale 

Ghost White
#e4e6ed  rgb(228, 230, 237)  hsl(227, 20%, 91%)  Ghost White
#edebe4  rgb(237, 235, 228)  hsl(47, 20%, 91%)  Isabelline
#ede4e6  rgb(237, 228, 230)  hsl(347, 20%, 91%)  Lavender Blush
#e6ede4  rgb(230, 237, 228)  hsl(107, 20%, 91%)  Mint Cream