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#ECECEE

#ececee ≈ White Smoke

  • gray
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#ececee 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 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0.84% cyan, 0.84% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 240°, with 5.56% saturation and 92.94% 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 17.8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is White Smoke (#f5f5f5), ΔE 2.14.

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Web safe#ffffff
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Relative luminance0.84

Complementary

  1. #ececee
  2. #eeeeec

Split complementary

  1. #ececee
  2. #eeedec
  3. #edeeec

Analogous

  1. #ecedee
  2. #ececee
  3. #edecee

Triadic

  1. #ececee
  2. #eeecec
  3. #eceeec

Tetradic

  1. #ececee
  2. #eeecee
  3. #eeeeec
  4. #eceeec

Square

  1. #ececee
  2. #eeeced
  3. #eeeeec
  4. #eceeed

Monochromatic

  1. #9b9ba6
  2. #c4c4ca
  3. #ececee
  4. #f4f4f5
  5. #f4f4f5

Shades

#ececee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ececee
  2. #d4d4d6
  3. #bdbdbe
  4. #a5a5a7
  5. #8e8e8f
  6. #767677
  7. #5e5e5f
  8. #474747
  9. #2f2f30
  10. #181818
  11. #000000

Tints

#ececee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ececee
  2. #eeeef0
  3. #f0f0f1
  4. #f2f2f3
  5. #f4f4f5
  6. #f6f6f7
  7. #f7f7f8
  8. #f9f9fa
  9. #fbfbfc
  10. #fdfdfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ececee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ececee
  2. #e1e1e3
  3. #d6d6d8
  4. #cccccd
  5. #c1c1c2
  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 17.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ececec ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ececed ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ececee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ececee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ececed ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ececee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ececee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ececed ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ececee {
  color: #ececee;
}
Background
.bg-ececee {
  background-color: #ececee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ececee {
  border: 2px solid #ececee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ececee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 236 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 240 6% 93%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ececee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ececee, #edecee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ececee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 236 238 / 0.35);
}

#f5f5f5 White Smoke ΔE 2.14 #e5e4e2 Platinum ΔE 2.73 #f4f0ec Isabelline ΔE 3.38 #f8f8ff Ghost White ΔE 3.55 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 3.70 #fffafa Snow ΔE 3.88 #ffffff White ΔE 4.01 #131311 Inverted #ececec Grayscale 

White Smoke
#ececee  rgb(236, 236, 238)  hsl(240, 6%, 93%)  White Smoke
#eeeeec  rgb(238, 238, 236)  hsl(60, 6%, 93%)  White Smoke
#eeecec  rgb(238, 236, 236)  hsl(0, 6%, 93%)  White Smoke
#eceeec  rgb(236, 238, 236)  hsl(120, 6%, 93%)  White Smoke