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#E6E8ED

#e6e8ed ≈ Gainsboro

  • gray
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Neutral
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#e6e8ed is a color from the gray family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.2% red, 90.98% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 2.95% cyan, 2.11% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 222.86°, with 16.28% saturation and 91.57% 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 17.13:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Gainsboro (#dcdcdc), ΔE 3.66.

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Relative luminance0.8065

Complementary

  1. #e6e8ed
  2. #edebe6

Split complementary

  1. #e6e8ed
  2. #ede8e6
  3. #ecede6

Analogous

  1. #e6eced
  2. #e6e8ed
  3. #e8e6ed

Triadic

  1. #e6e8ed
  2. #ede6e8
  3. #e8ede6

Tetradic

  1. #e6e8ed
  2. #ebe6ed
  3. #edebe6
  4. #e8ede6

Square

  1. #e6e8ed
  2. #ede6ec
  3. #edebe6
  4. #e6ede8

Monochromatic

  1. #8d96ad
  2. #babfcd
  3. #e6e8ed
  4. #f3f4f6
  5. #f3f4f6

Shades

#e6e8ed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e6e8ed
  2. #cfd1d5
  3. #b8babe
  4. #a1a2a6
  5. #8a8b8e
  6. #737477
  7. #5c5d5f
  8. #454647
  9. #2e2e2f
  10. #171718
  11. #000000

Tints

#e6e8ed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e6e8ed
  2. #e9eaef
  3. #ebedf1
  4. #eeeff2
  5. #f0f1f4
  6. #f3f4f6
  7. #f5f6f8
  8. #f8f8fa
  9. #fafafb
  10. #fdfdfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e6e8ed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e6e8ed
  2. #dcdee2
  3. #d2d3d7
  4. #c7c9cc
  5. #bdbec1
  6. #b3b4b7
  7. #a9aaac
  8. #9f9fa1
  9. #949596
  10. #8a8a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e8e8e8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e7e8ea ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e7e8ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e6e8ed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e5e9ea ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e6e8ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e6e8ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e5e9eb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e6e8ed {
  color: #e6e8ed;
}
Background
.bg-e6e8ed {
  background-color: #e6e8ed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e6e8ed {
  border: 2px solid #e6e8ed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e6e8ed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 230 232 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 223 16% 92%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e6e8ed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e6e8ed, #e8e6ed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e6e8ed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(230 232 237 / 0.35);
}

#dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 3.66 #e5e4e2 Platinum ΔE 3.71 #f5f5f5 White Smoke ΔE 3.73 #f8f8ff Ghost White ΔE 3.79 #f0f8ff Alice Blue ΔE 4.06 #f4f0ec Isabelline ΔE 5.16 #f8f4ff Magnolia ΔE 5.26 #191712 Inverted #e8e8e8 Grayscale 

Gainsboro
#e6e8ed  rgb(230, 232, 237)  hsl(223, 16%, 92%)  Gainsboro
#edebe6  rgb(237, 235, 230)  hsl(43, 16%, 92%)  Isabelline
#ede6e8  rgb(237, 230, 232)  hsl(343, 16%, 92%)  Platinum
#e8ede6  rgb(232, 237, 230)  hsl(103, 16%, 92%)  Mint Cream