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#E9E6EA

#e9e6ea ≈ Platinum

  • gray
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#e9e6ea 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, 90.2% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0.43% cyan, 1.71% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 285°, 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 16.97:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Platinum (#e5e4e2), ΔE 3.64.

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Relative luminance0.7986

Complementary

  1. #e9e6ea
  2. #e7eae6

Split complementary

  1. #e9e6ea
  2. #e9eae6
  3. #e6eae7

Analogous

  1. #e7e6ea
  2. #e9e6ea
  3. #eae6e9

Triadic

  1. #e9e6ea
  2. #eae9e6
  3. #e6eae9

Tetradic

  1. #e9e6ea
  2. #eae6e7
  3. #e7eae6
  4. #e6eae9

Square

  1. #e9e6ea
  2. #eae7e6
  3. #e7eae6
  4. #e6e9ea

Monochromatic

  1. #a093a4
  2. #c4bcc7
  3. #e9e6ea
  4. #f5f4f6
  5. #f5f4f6

Shades

#e9e6ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e9e6ea
  2. #d2cfd3
  3. #bab8bb
  4. #a3a1a4
  5. #8c8a8c
  6. #757375
  7. #5d5c5e
  8. #464546
  9. #2f2e2f
  10. #171717
  11. #000000

Tints

#e9e6ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e9e6ea
  2. #ebe9ec
  3. #edebee
  4. #f0eef0
  5. #f2f0f2
  6. #f4f3f5
  7. #f6f5f7
  8. #f8f8f9
  9. #fbfafb
  10. #fdfdfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e9e6ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e9e6ea
  2. #dfdcdf
  3. #d4d2d5
  4. #cac7ca
  5. #bfbdc0
  6. #b5b3b5
  7. #aaa9aa
  8. #a09fa0
  9. #959495
  10. #8b8a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.97:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e7e7e7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e8e7e8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e6e7ea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e6e7ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e9e6e7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e7e6ea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e7e7ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e9e6e8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e9e6ea {
  color: #e9e6ea;
}
Background
.bg-e9e6ea {
  background-color: #e9e6ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e9e6ea {
  border: 2px solid #e9e6ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e9e6ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 233 230 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 285 9% 91%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e9e6ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e9e6ea, #eae6e9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e9e6ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(233 230 234 / 0.35);
}

#e5e4e2 Platinum ΔE 3.64 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 3.73 #f8f8ff Ghost White ΔE 4.09 #f5f5f5 White Smoke ΔE 4.10 #f8f4ff Magnolia ΔE 4.52 #f4f0ec Isabelline ΔE 4.61 #fffafa Snow ΔE 4.67 #161915 Inverted #e7e7e7 Grayscale 

Platinum
#e9e6ea  rgb(233, 230, 234)  hsl(285, 9%, 91%)  Platinum
#e7eae6  rgb(231, 234, 230)  hsl(105, 9%, 91%)  Platinum
#eae9e6  rgb(234, 233, 230)  hsl(45, 9%, 91%)  Platinum
#e6eae9  rgb(230, 234, 233)  hsl(165, 9%, 91%)  Platinum