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#E5E1E8

#e5e1e8 ≈ Magnolia

  • gray
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Neutral
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#e5e1e8 is a color from the gray family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.8% red, 88.24% green and 90.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 1.29% cyan, 3.02% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 274.29°, with 13.21% saturation and 89.61% 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 16.27:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Magnolia (#f8f4ff), ΔE 4.45.

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Relative luminance0.7633

Complementary

  1. #e5e1e8
  2. #e4e8e1

Split complementary

  1. #e5e1e8
  2. #e8e8e1
  3. #e1e8e2

Analogous

  1. #e2e1e8
  2. #e5e1e8
  3. #e8e1e8

Triadic

  1. #e5e1e8
  2. #e8e5e1
  3. #e1e8e5

Tetradic

  1. #e5e1e8
  2. #e8e1e4
  3. #e4e8e1
  4. #e1e8e5

Square

  1. #e5e1e8
  2. #e8e2e1
  3. #e4e8e1
  4. #e1e8e8

Monochromatic

  1. #9a8aa6
  2. #bfb6c7
  3. #e5e1e8
  4. #f5f3f6
  5. #f5f3f6

Shades

#e5e1e8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e5e1e8
  2. #cecbd1
  3. #b7b4ba
  4. #a09ea2
  5. #89878b
  6. #737174
  7. #5c5a5d
  8. #454446
  9. #2e2d2e
  10. #171717
  11. #000000

Tints

#e5e1e8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e5e1e8
  2. #e8e4ea
  3. #eae7ed
  4. #edeaef
  5. #efedf1
  6. #f2f0f4
  7. #f5f3f6
  8. #f7f6f8
  9. #faf9fa
  10. #fcfcfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e5e1e8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e5e1e8
  2. #dbd7de
  3. #d1ced3
  4. #c7c4c9
  5. #bdbabe
  6. #b3b1b4
  7. #a8a7aa
  8. #9e9d9f
  9. #949395
  10. #8a8a8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e2e2e2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e3e2e5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e0e2e8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e1e2e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e5e2e3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e2e2e8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e3e2e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e5e1e5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e5e1e8 {
  color: #e5e1e8;
}
Background
.bg-e5e1e8 {
  background-color: #e5e1e8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e5e1e8 {
  border: 2px solid #e5e1e8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e5e1e8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 229 225 232;
  --color-primary-hsl: 274 13% 90%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e5e1e8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e5e1e8, #e8e1e8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e5e1e8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(229 225 232 / 0.35);
}

#f8f4ff Magnolia ΔE 4.45 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 4.62 #f8f8ff Ghost White ΔE 5.06 #e5e4e2 Platinum ΔE 5.23 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 5.47 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 5.63 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 5.63 #1a1e17 Inverted #e2e2e2 Grayscale 

Magnolia
#e5e1e8  rgb(229, 225, 232)  hsl(274, 13%, 90%)  Magnolia
#e4e8e1  rgb(228, 232, 225)  hsl(94, 13%, 90%)  Platinum
#e8e5e1  rgb(232, 229, 225)  hsl(34, 13%, 90%)  Platinum
#e1e8e5  rgb(225, 232, 229)  hsl(154, 13%, 90%)  Platinum