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#E6E9EC

#e6e9ec ≈ Platinum

  • gray
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Neutral
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#e6e9ec 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, 91.37% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 2.54% cyan, 1.27% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 210°, with 13.64% saturation and 91.37% 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 17.23:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Platinum (#e5e4e2), ΔE 3.05.

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Web safe#ffffff
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Relative luminance0.8116

Complementary

  1. #e6e9ec
  2. #ece9e6

Split complementary

  1. #e6e9ec
  2. #ece6e6
  3. #ecece6

Analogous

  1. #e6ecec
  2. #e6e9ec
  3. #e6e6ec

Triadic

  1. #e6e9ec
  2. #ece6e9
  3. #e9ece6

Tetradic

  1. #e6e9ec
  2. #e9e6ec
  3. #ece9e6
  4. #e9ece6

Square

  1. #e6e9ec
  2. #ece6ec
  3. #ece9e6
  4. #e6ece6

Monochromatic

  1. #8f9caa
  2. #bbc3cb
  3. #e6e9ec
  4. #f3f5f6
  5. #f3f5f6

Shades

#e6e9ec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e6e9ec
  2. #cfd2d4
  3. #b8babd
  4. #a1a3a5
  5. #8a8c8e
  6. #737576
  7. #5c5d5e
  8. #454647
  9. #2e2f2f
  10. #171718
  11. #000000

Tints

#e6e9ec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e6e9ec
  2. #e9ebee
  3. #ebedf0
  4. #eef0f2
  5. #f0f2f4
  6. #f3f4f6
  7. #f5f6f7
  8. #f8f8f9
  9. #fafbfb
  10. #fdfdfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e6e9ec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e6e9ec
  2. #dcdfe1
  3. #d2d4d6
  4. #c7cacc
  5. #bdbfc1
  6. #b3b5b6
  7. #a9aaab
  8. #9fa0a0
  9. #949596
  10. #8a8b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.22:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e9e9e9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e8e9ea ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e8e9ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e7e8ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e5eaea ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e7e9ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e7e9ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e5e9eb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e6e9ec {
  color: #e6e9ec;
}
Background
.bg-e6e9ec {
  background-color: #e6e9ec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e6e9ec {
  border: 2px solid #e6e9ec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e6e9ec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 230 233 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 210 14% 91%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e6e9ec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e6e9ec, #e6e6ec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e6e9ec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(230 233 236 / 0.35);
}

#e5e4e2 Platinum ΔE 3.05 #f5f5f5 White Smoke ΔE 3.20 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 3.34 #f0f8ff Alice Blue ΔE 3.85 #f8f8ff Ghost White ΔE 4.35 #f4f0ec Isabelline ΔE 4.63 #ffffff White ΔE 4.98 #191613 Inverted #e9e9e9 Grayscale 

Platinum
#e6e9ec  rgb(230, 233, 236)  hsl(210, 14%, 91%)  Platinum
#ece9e6  rgb(236, 233, 230)  hsl(30, 14%, 91%)  Platinum
#ece6e9  rgb(236, 230, 233)  hsl(330, 14%, 91%)  Platinum
#e9ece6  rgb(233, 236, 230)  hsl(90, 14%, 91%)  Platinum