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#E4E8E9

#e4e8e9 ≈ Platinum

  • gray
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#e4e8e9 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, 90.98% green and 91.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 2.15% cyan, 0.43% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.63% black. Its hue angle is 192°, with 10.2% 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 17.02:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Platinum (#e5e4e2), ΔE 2.66.

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Relative luminance0.8009

Complementary

  1. #e4e8e9
  2. #e9e5e4

Split complementary

  1. #e4e8e9
  2. #e9e4e5
  3. #e9e7e4

Analogous

  1. #e4e9e7
  2. #e4e8e9
  3. #e4e5e9

Triadic

  1. #e4e8e9
  2. #e9e4e8
  3. #e8e9e4

Tetradic

  1. #e4e8e9
  2. #e5e4e9
  3. #e9e5e4
  4. #e8e9e4

Square

  1. #e4e8e9
  2. #e7e4e9
  3. #e9e5e4
  4. #e5e9e4

Monochromatic

  1. #90a0a4
  2. #bac4c7
  3. #e4e8e9
  4. #f4f5f6
  5. #f4f5f6

Shades

#e4e8e9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e4e8e9
  2. #cdd1d2
  3. #b6baba
  4. #a0a2a3
  5. #898b8c
  6. #727475
  7. #5b5d5d
  8. #444646
  9. #2e2e2f
  10. #171717
  11. #000000

Tints

#e4e8e9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e4e8e9
  2. #e7eaeb
  3. #e9eded
  4. #eceff0
  5. #eff1f2
  6. #f2f4f4
  7. #f4f6f6
  8. #f7f8f8
  9. #fafafb
  10. #fcfdfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e4e8e9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e4e8e9
  2. #dadedf
  3. #d0d3d4
  4. #c6c9ca
  5. #bcbebf
  6. #b2b4b5
  7. #a8aaaa
  8. #9e9fa0
  9. #949595
  10. #8a8a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e7e7e7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e6e8e8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e7e8e9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e6e7e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e3e8e8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e6e8e9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e5e7e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e3e8e9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e4e8e9 {
  color: #e4e8e9;
}
Background
.bg-e4e8e9 {
  background-color: #e4e8e9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e4e8e9 {
  border: 2px solid #e4e8e9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e4e8e9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 228 232 233;
  --color-primary-hsl: 192 10% 90%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e4e8e9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e4e8e9, #e4e5e9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e4e8e9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(228 232 233 / 0.35);
}

#e5e4e2 Platinum ΔE 2.66 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 3.13 #f5f5f5 White Smoke ΔE 3.46 #f0f8ff Alice Blue ΔE 4.41 #f4f0ec Isabelline ΔE 4.56 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 4.95 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 4.95 #1b1716 Inverted #e7e7e7 Grayscale 

Platinum
#e4e8e9  rgb(228, 232, 233)  hsl(192, 10%, 90%)  Platinum
#e9e5e4  rgb(233, 229, 228)  hsl(12, 10%, 90%)  Platinum
#e9e4e8  rgb(233, 228, 232)  hsl(312, 10%, 90%)  Gainsboro
#e8e9e4  rgb(232, 233, 228)  hsl(72, 10%, 90%)  Platinum