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#E6EAE9

#e6eae9 ≈ Platinum

  • gray
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#e6eae9 is a color from the gray family, with very high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.2% red, 91.76% green and 91.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 1.71% cyan, 0% magenta, 0.43% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 165°, with 8.7% saturation and 90.98% 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 17.31:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Platinum (#e5e4e2), ΔE 2.62.

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Web safe#ffffff
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Relative luminance0.8155

Complementary

  1. #e6eae9
  2. #eae6e7

Split complementary

  1. #e6eae9
  2. #eae6e9
  3. #eae7e6

Analogous

  1. #e6eae7
  2. #e6eae9
  3. #e6e9ea

Triadic

  1. #e6eae9
  2. #e9e6ea
  3. #eae9e6

Tetradic

  1. #e6eae9
  2. #e6e7ea
  3. #eae6e7
  4. #eae9e6

Square

  1. #e6eae9
  2. #e7e6ea
  3. #eae6e7
  4. #e9eae6

Monochromatic

  1. #93a4a0
  2. #bcc7c4
  3. #e6eae9
  4. #f4f6f5
  5. #f4f6f5

Shades

#e6eae9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e6eae9
  2. #cfd3d2
  3. #b8bbba
  4. #a1a4a3
  5. #8a8c8c
  6. #737575
  7. #5c5e5d
  8. #454646
  9. #2e2f2f
  10. #171717
  11. #000000

Tints

#e6eae9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e6eae9
  2. #e9eceb
  3. #ebeeed
  4. #eef0f0
  5. #f0f2f2
  6. #f3f5f4
  7. #f5f7f6
  8. #f8f9f8
  9. #fafbfb
  10. #fdfdfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e6eae9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e6eae9
  2. #dcdfdf
  3. #d2d5d4
  4. #c7caca
  5. #bdc0bf
  6. #b3b5b5
  7. #a9aaaa
  8. #9fa0a0
  9. #949595
  10. #8a8b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.31:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e9e9e9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e8e9e9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #eae9e9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e9e9e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e5eaea ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e8eae9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e8e9e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e5eae9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e6eae9 {
  color: #e6eae9;
}
Background
.bg-e6eae9 {
  background-color: #e6eae9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e6eae9 {
  border: 2px solid #e6eae9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e6eae9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 230 234 233;
  --color-primary-hsl: 165 9% 91%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e6eae9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e6eae9, #e6e9ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e6eae9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(230 234 233 / 0.35);
}

#e5e4e2 Platinum ΔE 2.62 #f5f5f5 White Smoke ΔE 3.30 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 3.61 #f4f0ec Isabelline ΔE 4.17 #f0f8ff Alice Blue ΔE 4.86 #ffffff White ΔE 5.00 #f5fffa Mint Cream ΔE 5.33 #191516 Inverted #e9e9e9 Grayscale 

Platinum
#e6eae9  rgb(230, 234, 233)  hsl(165, 9%, 91%)  Platinum
#eae6e7  rgb(234, 230, 231)  hsl(345, 9%, 91%)  Platinum
#e9e6ea  rgb(233, 230, 234)  hsl(285, 9%, 91%)  Platinum
#eae9e6  rgb(234, 233, 230)  hsl(45, 9%, 91%)  Platinum