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#E5E3DD

#e5e3dd ≈ Platinum

  • gray
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Neutral
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#e5e3dd 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, 89.02% green and 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0.87% magenta, 3.49% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 45°, with 13.33% saturation and 88.24% 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 16.36:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Platinum (#e5e4e2), ΔE 1.97.

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Web safe#cccccc
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Relative luminance0.7682

Complementary

  1. #e5e3dd
  2. #dddfe5

Split complementary

  1. #e5e3dd
  2. #dde3e5
  3. #dfdde5

Analogous

  1. #e5dfdd
  2. #e5e3dd
  3. #e3e5dd

Triadic

  1. #e5e3dd
  2. #dde5e3
  3. #e3dde5

Tetradic

  1. #e5e3dd
  2. #dfe5dd
  3. #dddfe5
  4. #e3dde5

Square

  1. #e5e3dd
  2. #dde5df
  3. #dddfe5
  4. #e5dde3

Monochromatic

  1. #a39c86
  2. #c4bfb2
  3. #e5e3dd
  4. #f6f5f3
  5. #f6f5f3

Shades

#e5e3dd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e5e3dd
  2. #ceccc7
  3. #b7b6b1
  4. #a09f9b
  5. #898885
  6. #73726f
  7. #5c5b58
  8. #454442
  9. #2e2d2c
  10. #171716
  11. #000000

Tints

#e5e3dd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e5e3dd
  2. #e8e6e0
  3. #eae9e4
  4. #edebe7
  5. #efeeeb
  6. #f2f1ee
  7. #f5f4f1
  8. #f7f7f5
  9. #faf9f8
  10. #fcfcfc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e5e3dd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e5e3dd
  2. #dbd9d4
  3. #d1cfca
  4. #c7c5c1
  5. #bdbbb8
  6. #b3b2af
  7. #a8a8a5
  8. #9e9e9c
  9. #949493
  10. #8a8a89
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.36:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e3e3e3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e4e3e1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e5e3dd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e5e3dd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e7e2e1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e5e3dd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e5e3dd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e6e2e0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e5e3dd {
  color: #e5e3dd;
}
Background
.bg-e5e3dd {
  background-color: #e5e3dd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e5e3dd {
  border: 2px solid #e5e3dd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e5e3dd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 229 227 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 13% 88%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e5e3dd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e5e3dd, #e3e5dd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e5e3dd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(229 227 221 / 0.35);
}

#e5e4e2 Platinum ΔE 1.97 #dbd7d2 Timberwolf ΔE 2.89 #f4f0ec Isabelline ΔE 3.34 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 3.38 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 4.72 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 4.72 #faf0e6 Linen ΔE 4.81 #1a1c22 Inverted #e3e3e3 Grayscale 

Platinum
#e5e3dd  rgb(229, 227, 221)  hsl(45, 13%, 88%)  Platinum
#dddfe5  rgb(221, 223, 229)  hsl(225, 13%, 88%)  Gainsboro
#dde5e3  rgb(221, 229, 227)  hsl(165, 13%, 88%)  Platinum
#e3dde5  rgb(227, 221, 229)  hsl(285, 13%, 88%)  Magnolia