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#EAE9EC

#eae9ec ≈ Platinum

  • gray
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#eae9ec is a color from the gray family, with very high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 91.37% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0.85% cyan, 1.27% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 260°, with 7.32% saturation and 91.96% 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 17.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Platinum (#e5e4e2), ΔE 2.94.

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Web safe#ffffff
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Relative luminance0.8183

Complementary

  1. #eae9ec
  2. #ebece9

Split complementary

  1. #eae9ec
  2. #ecebe9
  3. #e9ece9

Analogous

  1. #e9e9ec
  2. #eae9ec
  3. #ebe9ec

Triadic

  1. #eae9ec
  2. #eceae9
  3. #e9ecea

Tetradic

  1. #eae9ec
  2. #ece9eb
  3. #ebece9
  4. #e9ecea

Square

  1. #eae9ec
  2. #ece9e9
  3. #ebece9
  4. #e9eceb

Monochromatic

  1. #9c97a5
  2. #c3c0c9
  3. #eae9ec
  4. #f5f4f6
  5. #f5f4f6

Shades

#eae9ec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eae9ec
  2. #d3d2d4
  3. #bbbabd
  4. #a4a3a5
  5. #8c8c8e
  6. #757576
  7. #5e5d5e
  8. #464647
  9. #2f2f2f
  10. #171718
  11. #000000

Tints

#eae9ec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eae9ec
  2. #ecebee
  3. #eeedf0
  4. #f0f0f2
  5. #f2f2f4
  6. #f5f4f6
  7. #f7f6f7
  8. #f9f8f9
  9. #fbfbfb
  10. #fdfdfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eae9ec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eae9ec
  2. #dfdfe1
  3. #d5d4d6
  4. #cacacc
  5. #c0bfc1
  6. #b5b5b6
  7. #aaaaab
  8. #a0a0a0
  9. #959596
  10. #8b8b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e9e9e9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #eae9ea ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e9e9ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e9e9ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eae9ea ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e9e9ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e9e9ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eae9eb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eae9ec {
  color: #eae9ec;
}
Background
.bg-eae9ec {
  background-color: #eae9ec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eae9ec {
  border: 2px solid #eae9ec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eae9ec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 233 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 260 7% 92%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eae9ec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eae9ec, #ebe9ec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eae9ec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 233 236 / 0.35);
}

#e5e4e2 Platinum ΔE 2.94 #f5f5f5 White Smoke ΔE 3.02 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 3.46 #f8f8ff Ghost White ΔE 3.66 #f4f0ec Isabelline ΔE 3.91 #fffafa Snow ΔE 4.24 #ffffff White ΔE 4.79 #151613 Inverted #e9e9e9 Grayscale 

Platinum
#eae9ec  rgb(234, 233, 236)  hsl(260, 7%, 92%)  Platinum
#ebece9  rgb(235, 236, 233)  hsl(80, 7%, 92%)  Platinum
#eceae9  rgb(236, 234, 233)  hsl(20, 7%, 92%)  Platinum
#e9ecea  rgb(233, 236, 234)  hsl(140, 7%, 92%)  Platinum