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#E9E8EE

#e9e8ee ≈ Ghost White

  • gray
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Neutral
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#e9e8ee is a color from the gray family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.37% red, 90.98% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 2.1% cyan, 2.52% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 250°, with 15% saturation and 92.16% 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 17.24:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Ghost White (#f8f8ff), ΔE 3.36.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#ffffff
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Relative luminance0.8121

Complementary

  1. #e9e8ee
  2. #edeee8

Split complementary

  1. #e9e8ee
  2. #eeece8
  3. #eaeee8

Analogous

  1. #e8eaee
  2. #e9e8ee
  3. #ece8ee

Triadic

  1. #e9e8ee
  2. #eee9e8
  3. #e8eee9

Tetradic

  1. #e9e8ee
  2. #eee8ed
  3. #edeee8
  4. #e8eee9

Square

  1. #e9e8ee
  2. #eee8ea
  3. #edeee8
  4. #e8eeec

Monochromatic

  1. #9590ad
  2. #bfbccd
  3. #e9e8ee
  4. #f4f3f6
  5. #f4f3f6

Shades

#e9e8ee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e9e8ee
  2. #d2d1d6
  3. #bababe
  4. #a3a2a7
  5. #8c8b8f
  6. #757477
  7. #5d5d5f
  8. #464647
  9. #2f2e30
  10. #171718
  11. #000000

Tints

#e9e8ee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e9e8ee
  2. #ebeaf0
  3. #ededf1
  4. #f0eff3
  5. #f2f1f5
  6. #f4f4f7
  7. #f6f6f8
  8. #f8f8fa
  9. #fbfafc
  10. #fdfdfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e9e8ee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e9e8ee
  2. #dfdee3
  3. #d4d3d8
  4. #cac9cd
  5. #bfbec2
  6. #b5b4b7
  7. #aaaaac
  8. #a09fa1
  9. #959596
  10. #8b8a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.22:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.24:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e9e9e9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e9e8eb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e7e9ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e7e9ee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e8e9ea ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e8e8ee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e8e8ee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e9e8ec ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e9e8ee {
  color: #e9e8ee;
}
Background
.bg-e9e8ee {
  background-color: #e9e8ee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e9e8ee {
  border: 2px solid #e9e8ee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e9e8ee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 233 232 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 250 15% 92%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e9e8ee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e9e8ee, #ece8ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e9e8ee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(233 232 238 / 0.35);
}

#f8f8ff Ghost White ΔE 3.36 #f8f4ff Magnolia ΔE 3.93 #f5f5f5 White Smoke ΔE 4.15 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 4.28 #e5e4e2 Platinum ΔE 4.33 #fffafa Snow ΔE 4.97 #f0f8ff Alice Blue ΔE 5.16 #161711 Inverted #e9e9e9 Grayscale 

Ghost White
#e9e8ee  rgb(233, 232, 238)  hsl(250, 15%, 92%)  Ghost White
#edeee8  rgb(237, 238, 232)  hsl(70, 15%, 92%)  Isabelline
#eee9e8  rgb(238, 233, 232)  hsl(10, 15%, 92%)  Isabelline
#e8eee9  rgb(232, 238, 233)  hsl(130, 15%, 92%)  Mint Cream