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#E5ECE5

#e5ece5 ≈ Mint Cream

  • gray
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Neutral
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#e5ece5 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, 92.55% green and 89.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 2.97% cyan, 0% magenta, 2.97% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 120°, with 15.56% saturation and 91.18% 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 17.46:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mint Cream (#f5fffa), ΔE 4.08.

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Relative luminance0.8231

Complementary

  1. #e5ece5
  2. #ece5ec

Split complementary

  1. #e5ece5
  2. #e9e5ec
  3. #ece5e9

Analogous

  1. #e9ece5
  2. #e5ece5
  3. #e5ece9

Triadic

  1. #e5ece5
  2. #e5e5ec
  3. #ece5e5

Tetradic

  1. #e5ece5
  2. #e5ecec
  3. #ece5ec
  4. #ece5e5

Square

  1. #e5ece5
  2. #e5e9ec
  3. #ece5ec
  4. #ece9e5

Monochromatic

  1. #8dab8d
  2. #b9ccb9
  3. #e5ece5
  4. #f3f6f3
  5. #f3f6f3

Shades

#e5ece5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e5ece5
  2. #ced4ce
  3. #b7bdb7
  4. #a0a5a0
  5. #898e89
  6. #737673
  7. #5c5e5c
  8. #454745
  9. #2e2f2e
  10. #171817
  11. #000000

Tints

#e5ece5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e5ece5
  2. #e8eee8
  3. #eaf0ea
  4. #edf2ed
  5. #eff4ef
  6. #f2f6f2
  7. #f5f7f5
  8. #f7f9f7
  9. #fafbfa
  10. #fcfdfc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e5ece5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e5ece5
  2. #dbe1db
  3. #d1d6d1
  4. #c7ccc7
  5. #bdc1bd
  6. #b3b6b3
  7. #a8aba8
  8. #9ea09e
  9. #949694
  10. #8a8b8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.46:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #eaeaea ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e8ebe8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ecebe5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ebeae5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e4ecea ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e9ebe5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e9ebe5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e5ece8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e5ece5 {
  color: #e5ece5;
}
Background
.bg-e5ece5 {
  background-color: #e5ece5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e5ece5 {
  border: 2px solid #e5ece5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e5ece5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 229 236 229;
  --color-primary-hsl: 120 16% 91%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e5ece5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e5ece5, #e5ece9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e5ece5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(229 236 229 / 0.35);
}

#f5fffa Mint Cream ΔE 4.08 #e5e4e2 Platinum ΔE 5.06 #f0ffff Azure ΔE 5.57 #f5f5f5 White Smoke ΔE 5.73 #fffff0 Ivory ΔE 5.82 #f0fff0 Honeydew ΔE 5.83 #f4f0ec Isabelline ΔE 5.97 #1a131a Inverted #eaeaea Grayscale 

Mint Cream
#e5ece5  rgb(229, 236, 229)  hsl(120, 16%, 91%)  Mint Cream
#ece5ec  rgb(236, 229, 236)  hsl(300, 16%, 91%)  Magnolia
#e5e5ec  rgb(229, 229, 236)  hsl(240, 16%, 91%)  Ghost White
#ece5e5  rgb(236, 229, 229)  hsl(0, 16%, 91%)  Platinum