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#E8EAED

#e8eaed ≈ White Smoke

  • gray
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Neutral
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#e8eaed is a color from the gray family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.98% red, 91.76% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 2.11% cyan, 1.27% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 216°, with 12.2% saturation and 91.96% 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 17.42:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is White Smoke (#f5f5f5), ΔE 2.86.

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Relative luminance0.8212

Complementary

  1. #e8eaed
  2. #edebe8

Split complementary

  1. #e8eaed
  2. #ede8e8
  3. #ecede8

Analogous

  1. #e8eced
  2. #e8eaed
  3. #e8e8ed

Triadic

  1. #e8eaed
  2. #ede8ea
  3. #eaede8

Tetradic

  1. #e8eaed
  2. #ebe8ed
  3. #edebe8
  4. #eaede8

Square

  1. #e8eaed
  2. #ede8ec
  3. #edebe8
  4. #e8ede8

Monochromatic

  1. #929caa
  2. #bdc3cb
  3. #e8eaed
  4. #f4f5f6
  5. #f4f5f6

Shades

#e8eaed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e8eaed
  2. #d1d3d5
  3. #babbbe
  4. #a2a4a6
  5. #8b8c8e
  6. #747577
  7. #5d5e5f
  8. #464647
  9. #2e2f2f
  10. #171718
  11. #000000

Tints

#e8eaed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e8eaed
  2. #eaecef
  3. #edeef1
  4. #eff0f2
  5. #f1f2f4
  6. #f4f5f6
  7. #f6f7f8
  8. #f8f9fa
  9. #fafbfb
  10. #fdfdfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e8eaed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e8eaed
  2. #dedfe2
  3. #d3d5d7
  4. #c9cacc
  5. #bec0c1
  6. #b4b5b7
  7. #aaaaac
  8. #9fa0a1
  9. #959596
  10. #8a8b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.42:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #eaeaea ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e9eaeb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e9eaed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e9eaed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e7ebeb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e9eaed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e8eaed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7eaec ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e8eaed {
  color: #e8eaed;
}
Background
.bg-e8eaed {
  background-color: #e8eaed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e8eaed {
  border: 2px solid #e8eaed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e8eaed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 232 234 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 216 12% 92%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e8eaed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e8eaed, #e8e8ed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e8eaed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(232 234 237 / 0.35);
}

#f5f5f5 White Smoke ΔE 2.86 #e5e4e2 Platinum ΔE 2.99 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 3.45 #f0f8ff Alice Blue ΔE 3.90 #f8f8ff Ghost White ΔE 3.92 #f4f0ec Isabelline ΔE 4.30 #ffffff White ΔE 4.66 #171512 Inverted #eaeaea Grayscale 

White Smoke
#e8eaed  rgb(232, 234, 237)  hsl(216, 12%, 92%)  White Smoke
#edebe8  rgb(237, 235, 232)  hsl(36, 12%, 92%)  Isabelline
#ede8ea  rgb(237, 232, 234)  hsl(336, 12%, 92%)  Platinum
#eaede8  rgb(234, 237, 232)  hsl(96, 12%, 92%)  Platinum