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#E8ECF0

#e8ecf0 ≈ Alice Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#e8ecf0 is a color from the azure family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.98% red, 92.55% green and 94.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 3.33% cyan, 1.67% magenta, 0% yellow and 5.88% black. Its hue angle is 210°, with 21.05% saturation and 92.55% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and backgrounds and large surfaces. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 17.69:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Alice Blue (#f0f8ff), ΔE 3.02.

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Relative luminance0.8344

Complementary

  1. #e8ecf0
  2. #f0ece8

Split complementary

  1. #e8ecf0
  2. #f0e8e8
  3. #f0f0e8

Analogous

  1. #e8f0f0
  2. #e8ecf0
  3. #e8e8f0

Triadic

  1. #e8ecf0
  2. #f0e8ec
  3. #ecf0e8

Tetradic

  1. #e8ecf0
  2. #ece8f0
  3. #f0ece8
  4. #ecf0e8

Square

  1. #e8ecf0
  2. #f0e8f0
  3. #f0ece8
  4. #e8f0e8

Monochromatic

  1. #8ba0b4
  2. #bac6d2
  3. #e8ecf0
  4. #f3f5f7
  5. #f3f5f7

Shades

#e8ecf0 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e8ecf0
  2. #d1d4d8
  3. #babdc0
  4. #a2a5a8
  5. #8b8e90
  6. #747678
  7. #5d5e60
  8. #464748
  9. #2e2f30
  10. #171818
  11. #000000

Tints

#e8ecf0 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e8ecf0
  2. #eaeef2
  3. #edf0f3
  4. #eff2f5
  5. #f1f4f6
  6. #f4f6f8
  7. #f6f7f9
  8. #f8f9fb
  9. #fafbfc
  10. #fdfdfe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e8ecf0 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e8ecf0
  2. #dee1e5
  3. #d3d6da
  4. #c9ccce
  5. #bec1c3
  6. #b4b6b8
  7. #aaabad
  8. #9fa0a2
  9. #959696
  10. #8a8b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.69:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ebebeb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #eaeced ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ebecf0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #eaebf0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e6eded ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #eaecf0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e9ebf0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7edee ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e8ecf0 {
  color: #e8ecf0;
}
Background
.bg-e8ecf0 {
  background-color: #e8ecf0;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e8ecf0 {
  border: 2px solid #e8ecf0;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e8ecf0;
  --color-primary-rgb: 232 236 240;
  --color-primary-hsl: 210 21% 93%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e8ecf0 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e8ecf0, #e8e8f0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e8ecf0 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(232 236 240 / 0.35);
}

#f0f8ff Alice Blue ΔE 3.02 #f5f5f5 White Smoke ΔE 3.14 #e5e4e2 Platinum ΔE 3.82 #f8f8ff Ghost White ΔE 3.90 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 4.17 #ffffff White ΔE 4.68 #f4f0ec Isabelline ΔE 5.00 #17130f Inverted #ebebeb Grayscale 

Alice Blue
#e8ecf0  rgb(232, 236, 240)  hsl(210, 21%, 93%)  Alice Blue
#f0ece8  rgb(240, 236, 232)  hsl(30, 21%, 93%)  Isabelline
#f0e8ec  rgb(240, 232, 236)  hsl(330, 21%, 93%)  Lavender Blush
#ecf0e8  rgb(236, 240, 232)  hsl(90, 21%, 93%)  Mint Cream