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#E9E4E6

#e9e4e6 ≈ Platinum

  • gray
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#e9e4e6 is a color from the gray family, with very high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.37% red, 89.41% green and 90.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.15% magenta, 1.29% yellow and 8.63% black. Its hue angle is 336°, with 10.2% saturation and 90.39% 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 16.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Platinum (#e5e4e2), ΔE 3.28.

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Relative luminance0.7852

Complementary

  1. #e9e4e6
  2. #e4e9e7

Split complementary

  1. #e9e4e6
  2. #e4e9e4
  3. #e4e8e9

Analogous

  1. #e9e4e8
  2. #e9e4e6
  3. #e9e4e4

Triadic

  1. #e9e4e6
  2. #e6e9e4
  3. #e4e6e9

Tetradic

  1. #e9e4e6
  2. #e9e7e4
  3. #e4e9e7
  4. #e4e6e9

Square

  1. #e9e4e6
  2. #e8e9e4
  3. #e4e9e7
  4. #e4e4e9

Monochromatic

  1. #a49098
  2. #c7babf
  3. #e9e4e6
  4. #f6f4f5
  5. #f6f4f5

Shades

#e9e4e6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e9e4e6
  2. #d2cdcf
  3. #bab6b8
  4. #a3a0a1
  5. #8c898a
  6. #757273
  7. #5d5b5c
  8. #464445
  9. #2f2e2e
  10. #171717
  11. #000000

Tints

#e9e4e6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e9e4e6
  2. #ebe7e9
  3. #ede9eb
  4. #f0ecee
  5. #f2eff0
  6. #f4f2f3
  7. #f6f4f5
  8. #f8f7f8
  9. #fbfafa
  10. #fdfcfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e9e4e6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e9e4e6
  2. #dfdadc
  3. #d4d0d2
  4. #cac6c7
  5. #bfbcbd
  6. #b5b2b3
  7. #aaa8a9
  8. #a09e9f
  9. #959494
  10. #8b8a8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.26:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e5e5e5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e7e5e6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e4e5e6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e5e6e6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eae4e5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e6e4e6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e7e5e6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eae4e5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e9e4e6 {
  color: #e9e4e6;
}
Background
.bg-e9e4e6 {
  background-color: #e9e4e6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e9e4e6 {
  border: 2px solid #e9e4e6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e9e4e6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 233 228 230;
  --color-primary-hsl: 336 10% 90%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e9e4e6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e9e4e6, #e9e4e4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e9e4e6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(233 228 230 / 0.35);
}

#e5e4e2 Platinum ΔE 3.28 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 3.54 #f4f0ec Isabelline ΔE 4.14 #f5f5f5 White Smoke ΔE 4.41 #fffafa Snow ΔE 4.69 #dbd7d2 Timberwolf ΔE 4.99 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 5.04 #161b19 Inverted #e5e5e5 Grayscale 

Platinum
#e9e4e6  rgb(233, 228, 230)  hsl(336, 10%, 90%)  Platinum
#e4e9e7  rgb(228, 233, 231)  hsl(156, 10%, 90%)  Platinum
#e6e9e4  rgb(230, 233, 228)  hsl(96, 10%, 90%)  Platinum
#e4e6e9  rgb(228, 230, 233)  hsl(216, 10%, 90%)  Gainsboro