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#E9E7E4

#e9e7e4 ≈ Platinum

  • gray
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#e9e7e4 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, 90.59% green and 89.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0.86% magenta, 2.15% yellow and 8.63% black. Its hue angle is 36°, 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 17.02:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Platinum (#e5e4e2), ΔE 0.92.

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Relative luminance0.8008

Complementary

  1. #e9e7e4
  2. #e4e6e9

Split complementary

  1. #e9e7e4
  2. #e4e8e9
  3. #e4e4e9

Analogous

  1. #e9e4e4
  2. #e9e7e4
  3. #e8e9e4

Triadic

  1. #e9e7e4
  2. #e4e9e7
  3. #e7e4e9

Tetradic

  1. #e9e7e4
  2. #e6e9e4
  3. #e4e6e9
  4. #e7e4e9

Square

  1. #e9e7e4
  2. #e4e9e4
  3. #e4e6e9
  4. #e9e4e8

Monochromatic

  1. #a49c90
  2. #c7c2ba
  3. #e9e7e4
  4. #f6f5f4
  5. #f6f5f4

Shades

#e9e7e4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e9e7e4
  2. #d2d0cd
  3. #bab9b6
  4. #a3a2a0
  5. #8c8b89
  6. #757472
  7. #5d5c5b
  8. #464544
  9. #2f2e2e
  10. #171717
  11. #000000

Tints

#e9e7e4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e9e7e4
  2. #ebe9e7
  3. #edece9
  4. #f0eeec
  5. #f2f1ef
  6. #f4f3f2
  7. #f6f5f4
  8. #f8f8f7
  9. #fbfafa
  10. #fdfdfc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e9e7e4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e9e7e4
  2. #dfddda
  3. #d4d2d0
  4. #cac8c6
  5. #bfbebc
  6. #b5b4b2
  7. #aaa9a8
  8. #a09f9e
  9. #959594
  10. #8b8a8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e7e7e7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e8e7e6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e8e7e4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e8e7e4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eae6e6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e8e7e4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e9e7e4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eae7e5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e9e7e4 {
  color: #e9e7e4;
}
Background
.bg-e9e7e4 {
  background-color: #e9e7e4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e9e7e4 {
  border: 2px solid #e9e7e4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e9e7e4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 233 231 228;
  --color-primary-hsl: 36 10% 90%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e9e7e4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e9e7e4, #e8e9e4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e9e7e4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(233 231 228 / 0.35);
}

#e5e4e2 Platinum ΔE 0.92 #f4f0ec Isabelline ΔE 2.21 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 2.98 #f5f5f5 White Smoke ΔE 3.34 #dbd7d2 Timberwolf ΔE 3.72 #faf0e6 Linen ΔE 4.69 #fffafa Snow ΔE 4.81 #16181b Inverted #e7e7e7 Grayscale 

Platinum
#e9e7e4  rgb(233, 231, 228)  hsl(36, 10%, 90%)  Platinum
#e4e6e9  rgb(228, 230, 233)  hsl(216, 10%, 90%)  Gainsboro
#e4e9e7  rgb(228, 233, 231)  hsl(156, 10%, 90%)  Platinum
#e7e4e9  rgb(231, 228, 233)  hsl(276, 10%, 90%)  Gainsboro