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#EEE9EC

#eee9ec ≈ Snow

  • gray
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Neutral
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#eee9ec is a color from the gray family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 91.37% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.1% magenta, 0.84% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 324°, with 12.82% saturation and 92.35% 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 17.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Snow (#fffafa), ΔE 3.8.

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Web safe#ffffff
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Relative luminance0.8251

Complementary

  1. #eee9ec
  2. #e9eeeb

Split complementary

  1. #eee9ec
  2. #e9eee9
  3. #e9eeed

Analogous

  1. #ede9ee
  2. #eee9ec
  3. #eee9e9

Triadic

  1. #eee9ec
  2. #eceee9
  3. #e9ecee

Tetradic

  1. #eee9ec
  2. #eeebe9
  3. #e9eeeb
  4. #e9ecee

Square

  1. #eee9ec
  2. #eeede9
  3. #e9eeeb
  4. #e9e9ee

Monochromatic

  1. #ab93a1
  2. #cdbec7
  3. #eee9ec
  4. #f6f3f5
  5. #f6f3f5

Shades

#eee9ec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eee9ec
  2. #d6d2d4
  3. #bebabd
  4. #a7a3a5
  5. #8f8c8e
  6. #777576
  7. #5f5d5e
  8. #474647
  9. #302f2f
  10. #181718
  11. #000000

Tints

#eee9ec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eee9ec
  2. #f0ebee
  3. #f1edf0
  4. #f3f0f2
  5. #f5f2f4
  6. #f7f4f6
  7. #f8f6f7
  8. #faf8f9
  9. #fcfbfb
  10. #fdfdfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eee9ec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eee9ec
  2. #e3dfe1
  3. #d8d4d6
  4. #cdcacc
  5. #c2bfc1
  6. #b7b5b6
  7. #acaaab
  8. #a1a0a0
  9. #969596
  10. #8b8b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #eaeaea ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #eceaeb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e9eaec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #eaebec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #efe9ea ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ebeaec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #eceaec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eee9eb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eee9ec {
  color: #eee9ec;
}
Background
.bg-eee9ec {
  background-color: #eee9ec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eee9ec {
  border: 2px solid #eee9ec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eee9ec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 233 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 324 13% 92%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eee9ec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eee9ec, #eee9e9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eee9ec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 233 236 / 0.35);
}

#fffafa Snow ΔE 3.80 #f5f5f5 White Smoke ΔE 3.89 #e5e4e2 Platinum ΔE 3.92 #f8f8ff Ghost White ΔE 4.01 #f4f0ec Isabelline ΔE 4.07 #f8f4ff Magnolia ΔE 4.32 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 4.47 #111613 Inverted #eaeaea Grayscale 

Snow
#eee9ec  rgb(238, 233, 236)  hsl(324, 13%, 92%)  Snow
#e9eeeb  rgb(233, 238, 235)  hsl(144, 13%, 92%)  Platinum
#eceee9  rgb(236, 238, 233)  hsl(84, 13%, 92%)  Platinum
#e9ecee  rgb(233, 236, 238)  hsl(204, 13%, 92%)  White Smoke