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#E6EBEA

#e6ebea ≈ Platinum

  • gray
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#e6ebea 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, 92.16% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 2.13% cyan, 0% magenta, 0.43% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 168°, with 11.11% 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 17.44:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Platinum (#e5e4e2), ΔE 3.1.

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Web safe#ffffff
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Relative luminance0.8218

Complementary

  1. #e6ebea
  2. #ebe6e7

Split complementary

  1. #e6ebea
  2. #ebe6ea
  3. #ebe8e6

Analogous

  1. #e6ebe8
  2. #e6ebea
  3. #e6eaeb

Triadic

  1. #e6ebea
  2. #eae6eb
  3. #ebeae6

Tetradic

  1. #e6ebea
  2. #e6e7eb
  3. #ebe6e7
  4. #ebeae6

Square

  1. #e6ebea
  2. #e8e6eb
  3. #ebe6e7
  4. #eaebe6

Monochromatic

  1. #91a7a3
  2. #bcc9c6
  3. #e6ebea
  4. #f4f6f5
  5. #f4f6f5

Shades

#e6ebea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e6ebea
  2. #cfd4d3
  3. #b8bcbb
  4. #a1a5a4
  5. #8a8d8c
  6. #737675
  7. #5c5e5e
  8. #454746
  9. #2e2f2f
  10. #171817
  11. #000000

Tints

#e6ebea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e6ebea
  2. #e9edec
  3. #ebefee
  4. #eef1f0
  5. #f0f3f2
  6. #f3f5f5
  7. #f5f7f7
  8. #f8f9f9
  9. #fafbfb
  10. #fdfdfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e6ebea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e6ebea
  2. #dce0df
  3. #d2d6d5
  4. #c7cbca
  5. #bdc0c0
  6. #b3b6b5
  7. #a9abaa
  8. #9fa0a0
  9. #949595
  10. #8a8b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.44:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #eaeaea ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e8eaea ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #eaeaea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e9eaea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e5ebeb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e9ebea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e8eaea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e5ebea ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e6ebea {
  color: #e6ebea;
}
Background
.bg-e6ebea {
  background-color: #e6ebea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e6ebea {
  border: 2px solid #e6ebea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e6ebea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 230 235 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 168 11% 91%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e6ebea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e6ebea, #e6eaeb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e6ebea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(230 235 234 / 0.35);
}

#e5e4e2 Platinum ΔE 3.10 #f5f5f5 White Smoke ΔE 3.50 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 4.02 #f4f0ec Isabelline ΔE 4.51 #f0f8ff Alice Blue ΔE 4.73 #f5fffa Mint Cream ΔE 4.96 #ffffff White ΔE 5.06 #191415 Inverted #eaeaea Grayscale 

Platinum
#e6ebea  rgb(230, 235, 234)  hsl(168, 11%, 91%)  Platinum
#ebe6e7  rgb(235, 230, 231)  hsl(348, 11%, 91%)  Platinum
#eae6eb  rgb(234, 230, 235)  hsl(288, 11%, 91%)  Magnolia
#ebeae6  rgb(235, 234, 230)  hsl(48, 11%, 91%)  Platinum