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#ECECED

#ececed ≈ White Smoke

  • gray
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#ececed is a color from the gray family, with very high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 92.55% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0.42% cyan, 0.42% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 240°, with 2.7% saturation and 92.75% 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 17.79:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is White Smoke (#f5f5f5), ΔE 1.94.

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Relative luminance0.8394

Complementary

  1. #ececed
  2. #ededec

Split complementary

  1. #ececed
  2. #ededec
  3. #ededec

Analogous

  1. #eceded
  2. #ececed
  3. #edeced

Triadic

  1. #ececed
  2. #edecec
  3. #ecedec

Tetradic

  1. #ececed
  2. #edeced
  3. #ededec
  4. #ecedec

Square

  1. #ececed
  2. #edeced
  3. #ededec
  4. #eceded

Monochromatic

  1. #9d9da3
  2. #c5c5c8
  3. #ececed
  4. #f5f5f5
  5. #f5f5f5

Shades

#ececed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ececed
  2. #d4d4d5
  3. #bdbdbe
  4. #a5a5a6
  5. #8e8e8e
  6. #767677
  7. #5e5e5f
  8. #474747
  9. #2f2f2f
  10. #181818
  11. #000000

Tints

#ececed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ececed
  2. #eeeeef
  3. #f0f0f1
  4. #f2f2f2
  5. #f4f4f4
  6. #f6f6f6
  7. #f7f7f8
  8. #f9f9fa
  9. #fbfbfb
  10. #fdfdfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ececed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ececed
  2. #e1e1e2
  3. #d6d6d7
  4. #cccccc
  5. #c1c1c1
  6. #b6b6b7
  7. #ababac
  8. #a0a0a1
  9. #969696
  10. #8b8b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.79:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ececec ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ececec ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ececed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ececed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ececec ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ececed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ececed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ececed ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ececed {
  color: #ececed;
}
Background
.bg-ececed {
  background-color: #ececed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ececed {
  border: 2px solid #ececed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ececed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 236 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 240 3% 93%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ececed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ececed, #edeced);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ececed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 236 237 / 0.35);
}

#f5f5f5 White Smoke ΔE 1.94 #e5e4e2 Platinum ΔE 2.34 #f4f0ec Isabelline ΔE 2.98 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 3.57 #fffafa Snow ΔE 3.87 #ffffff White ΔE 3.91 #f8f8ff Ghost White ΔE 3.95 #131312 Inverted #ececec Grayscale 

White Smoke
#ececed  rgb(236, 236, 237)  hsl(240, 3%, 93%)  White Smoke
#ededec  rgb(237, 237, 236)  hsl(60, 3%, 93%)  White Smoke
#edecec  rgb(237, 236, 236)  hsl(0, 3%, 93%)  White Smoke
#ecedec  rgb(236, 237, 236)  hsl(120, 3%, 93%)  White Smoke