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#E5E1E5

#e5e1e5 ≈ Gainsboro

  • gray
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#e5e1e5 is a color from the gray family, with very high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.8% red, 88.24% green and 89.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.75% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 300°, with 7.14% saturation and 89.02% 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 16.23:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Gainsboro (#dcdcdc), ΔE 3.47.

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Web safe#cccccc
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Relative luminance0.7617

Complementary

  1. #e5e1e5
  2. #e1e5e1

Split complementary

  1. #e5e1e5
  2. #e3e5e1
  3. #e1e5e3

Analogous

  1. #e3e1e5
  2. #e5e1e5
  3. #e5e1e3

Triadic

  1. #e5e1e5
  2. #e5e5e1
  3. #e1e5e5

Tetradic

  1. #e5e1e5
  2. #e5e1e1
  3. #e1e5e1
  4. #e1e5e5

Square

  1. #e5e1e5
  2. #e5e3e1
  3. #e1e5e1
  4. #e1e3e5

Monochromatic

  1. #9e8f9e
  2. #c1b8c1
  3. #e5e1e5
  4. #f6f4f6
  5. #f6f4f6

Shades

#e5e1e5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e5e1e5
  2. #cecbce
  3. #b7b4b7
  4. #a09ea0
  5. #898789
  6. #737173
  7. #5c5a5c
  8. #454445
  9. #2e2d2e
  10. #171717
  11. #000000

Tints

#e5e1e5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e5e1e5
  2. #e8e4e8
  3. #eae7ea
  4. #edeaed
  5. #efedef
  6. #f2f0f2
  7. #f5f3f5
  8. #f7f6f7
  9. #faf9fa
  10. #fcfcfc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e5e1e5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e5e1e5
  2. #dbd7db
  3. #d1ced1
  4. #c7c4c7
  5. #bdbabd
  6. #b3b1b3
  7. #a8a7a8
  8. #9e9d9e
  9. #949394
  10. #8a8a8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e2e2e2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e3e2e3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e1e2e5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e2e2e5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e5e1e2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e2e2e5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e3e2e5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e5e1e3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e5e1e5 {
  color: #e5e1e5;
}
Background
.bg-e5e1e5 {
  background-color: #e5e1e5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e5e1e5 {
  border: 2px solid #e5e1e5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e5e1e5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 229 225 229;
  --color-primary-hsl: 300 7% 89%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e5e1e5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e5e1e5, #e5e1e3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e5e1e5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(229 225 229 / 0.35);
}

#dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 3.47 #e5e4e2 Platinum ΔE 3.87 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 4.70 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 4.70 #f5f5f5 White Smoke ΔE 5.12 #f8f8ff Ghost White ΔE 5.18 #f8f4ff Magnolia ΔE 5.21 #1a1e1a Inverted #e2e2e2 Grayscale 

Gainsboro
#e5e1e5  rgb(229, 225, 229)  hsl(300, 7%, 89%)  Gainsboro
#e1e5e1  rgb(225, 229, 225)  hsl(120, 7%, 89%)  Platinum
#e5e5e1  rgb(229, 229, 225)  hsl(60, 7%, 89%)  Platinum
#e1e5e5  rgb(225, 229, 229)  hsl(180, 7%, 89%)  Platinum