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#E8EAE6

#e8eae6 ≈ Platinum

  • gray
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#e8eae6 is a color from the gray family, with very high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.98% red, 91.76% green and 90.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0.85% cyan, 0% magenta, 1.71% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 90°, 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 17.34:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Platinum (#e5e4e2), ΔE 2.31.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#ffffff
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Relative luminance0.8171

Complementary

  1. #e8eae6
  2. #e8e6ea

Split complementary

  1. #e8eae6
  2. #e6e6ea
  3. #eae6ea

Analogous

  1. #eaeae6
  2. #e8eae6
  3. #e6eae6

Triadic

  1. #e8eae6
  2. #e6e8ea
  3. #eae6e8

Tetradic

  1. #e8eae6
  2. #e6eae8
  3. #e8e6ea
  4. #eae6e8

Square

  1. #e8eae6
  2. #e6eaea
  3. #e8e6ea
  4. #eae6e6

Monochromatic

  1. #9ba493
  2. #c2c7bc
  3. #e8eae6
  4. #f5f6f4
  5. #f5f6f4

Shades

#e8eae6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e8eae6
  2. #d1d3cf
  3. #babbb8
  4. #a2a4a1
  5. #8b8c8a
  6. #747573
  7. #5d5e5c
  8. #464645
  9. #2e2f2e
  10. #171717
  11. #000000

Tints

#e8eae6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e8eae6
  2. #eaece9
  3. #edeeeb
  4. #eff0ee
  5. #f1f2f0
  6. #f4f5f3
  7. #f6f7f5
  8. #f8f9f8
  9. #fafbfa
  10. #fdfdfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e8eae6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e8eae6
  2. #dedfdc
  3. #d3d5d2
  4. #c9cac7
  5. #bec0bd
  6. #b4b5b3
  7. #aaaaa9
  8. #9fa09f
  9. #959594
  10. #8a8b8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e9e9e9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e9eae8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ebe9e6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #eae9e6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e8eae9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #eaeae6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e9eae6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e8eae8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e8eae6 {
  color: #e8eae6;
}
Background
.bg-e8eae6 {
  background-color: #e8eae6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e8eae6 {
  border: 2px solid #e8eae6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e8eae6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 232 234 230;
  --color-primary-hsl: 90 9% 91%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e8eae6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e8eae6, #e6eae6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e8eae6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(232 234 230 / 0.35);
}

#e5e4e2 Platinum ΔE 2.31 #f4f0ec Isabelline ΔE 3.39 #f5f5f5 White Smoke ΔE 3.52 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 3.87 #dbd7d2 Timberwolf ΔE 4.94 #ffffff White ΔE 5.13 #fffaf0 Floral White ΔE 5.19 #171519 Inverted #e9e9e9 Grayscale 

Platinum
#e8eae6  rgb(232, 234, 230)  hsl(90, 9%, 91%)  Platinum
#e8e6ea  rgb(232, 230, 234)  hsl(270, 9%, 91%)  Platinum
#e6e8ea  rgb(230, 232, 234)  hsl(210, 9%, 91%)  Platinum
#eae6e8  rgb(234, 230, 232)  hsl(330, 9%, 91%)  Platinum