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#E9E7EB

#e9e7eb ≈ Platinum

  • gray
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#e9e7eb 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 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0.85% cyan, 1.7% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 270°, with 9.09% saturation and 91.37% 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 17.09:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Platinum (#e5e4e2), ΔE 3.47.

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Relative luminance0.8047

Complementary

  1. #e9e7eb
  2. #e9ebe7

Split complementary

  1. #e9e7eb
  2. #ebebe7
  3. #e7ebe7

Analogous

  1. #e7e7eb
  2. #e9e7eb
  3. #ebe7eb

Triadic

  1. #e9e7eb
  2. #ebe9e7
  3. #e7ebe9

Tetradic

  1. #e9e7eb
  2. #ebe7e9
  3. #e9ebe7
  4. #e7ebe9

Square

  1. #e9e7eb
  2. #ebe7e7
  3. #e9ebe7
  4. #e7ebeb

Monochromatic

  1. #9c94a5
  2. #c3bdc8
  3. #e9e7eb
  4. #f5f4f6
  5. #f5f4f6

Shades

#e9e7eb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e9e7eb
  2. #d2d0d4
  3. #bab9bc
  4. #a3a2a5
  5. #8c8b8d
  6. #757476
  7. #5d5c5e
  8. #464547
  9. #2f2e2f
  10. #171718
  11. #000000

Tints

#e9e7eb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e9e7eb
  2. #ebe9ed
  3. #edecef
  4. #f0eef1
  5. #f2f1f3
  6. #f4f3f5
  7. #f6f5f7
  8. #f8f8f9
  9. #fbfafb
  10. #fdfdfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e9e7eb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e9e7eb
  2. #dfdde0
  3. #d4d2d6
  4. #cac8cb
  5. #bfbec0
  6. #b5b4b6
  7. #aaa9ab
  8. #a09fa0
  9. #959595
  10. #8b8a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e8e8e8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e8e7e9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e6e8eb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e7e8eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e9e7e8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e7e7eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e8e7eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e9e7e9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e9e7eb {
  color: #e9e7eb;
}
Background
.bg-e9e7eb {
  background-color: #e9e7eb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e9e7eb {
  border: 2px solid #e9e7eb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e9e7eb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 233 231 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 270 9% 91%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e9e7eb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e9e7eb, #ebe7eb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e9e7eb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(233 231 235 / 0.35);
}

#e5e4e2 Platinum ΔE 3.47 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 3.63 #f5f5f5 White Smoke ΔE 3.77 #f8f8ff Ghost White ΔE 3.83 #f4f0ec Isabelline ΔE 4.49 #f8f4ff Magnolia ΔE 4.54 #fffafa Snow ΔE 4.59 #161814 Inverted #e8e8e8 Grayscale 

Platinum
#e9e7eb  rgb(233, 231, 235)  hsl(270, 9%, 91%)  Platinum
#e9ebe7  rgb(233, 235, 231)  hsl(90, 9%, 91%)  Platinum
#ebe9e7  rgb(235, 233, 231)  hsl(30, 9%, 91%)  Platinum
#e7ebe9  rgb(231, 235, 233)  hsl(150, 9%, 91%)  Platinum