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#E4E4E6

#e4e4e6 ≈ Platinum

  • gray
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#e4e4e6 is a color from the gray family, with very high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.41% red, 89.41% green and 90.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0.87% cyan, 0.87% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 240°, with 3.85% saturation and 89.8% 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 16.54:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Platinum (#e5e4e2), ΔE 2.1.

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Relative luminance0.7769

Complementary

  1. #e4e4e6
  2. #e6e6e4

Split complementary

  1. #e4e4e6
  2. #e6e5e4
  3. #e5e6e4

Analogous

  1. #e4e5e6
  2. #e4e4e6
  3. #e5e4e6

Triadic

  1. #e4e4e6
  2. #e6e4e4
  3. #e4e6e4

Tetradic

  1. #e4e4e6
  2. #e6e4e6
  3. #e6e6e4
  4. #e4e6e4

Square

  1. #e4e4e6
  2. #e6e4e5
  3. #e6e6e4
  4. #e4e6e5

Monochromatic

  1. #95959c
  2. #bcbcc1
  3. #e4e4e6
  4. #f4f4f5
  5. #f4f4f5

Shades

#e4e4e6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e4e4e6
  2. #cdcdcf
  3. #b6b6b8
  4. #a0a0a1
  5. #89898a
  6. #727273
  7. #5b5b5c
  8. #444445
  9. #2e2e2e
  10. #171717
  11. #000000

Tints

#e4e4e6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e4e4e6
  2. #e7e7e9
  3. #e9e9eb
  4. #ececee
  5. #efeff0
  6. #f2f2f3
  7. #f4f4f5
  8. #f7f7f8
  9. #fafafa
  10. #fcfcfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e4e4e6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e4e4e6
  2. #dadadc
  3. #d0d0d2
  4. #c6c6c7
  5. #bcbcbd
  6. #b2b2b3
  7. #a8a8a9
  8. #9e9e9f
  9. #949494
  10. #8a8a8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e4e4e4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e4e4e5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e4e4e6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e4e4e6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e4e4e5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e4e4e6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e4e4e6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e4e4e5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e4e4e6 {
  color: #e4e4e6;
}
Background
.bg-e4e4e6 {
  background-color: #e4e4e6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e4e4e6 {
  border: 2px solid #e4e4e6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e4e4e6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 228 228 230;
  --color-primary-hsl: 240 4% 90%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e4e4e6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e4e4e6, #e5e4e6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e4e4e6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(228 228 230 / 0.35);
}

#e5e4e2 Platinum ΔE 2.10 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 2.12 #f5f5f5 White Smoke ΔE 3.73 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 4.05 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 4.05 #f4f0ec Isabelline ΔE 4.20 #dbd7d2 Timberwolf ΔE 4.70 #1b1b19 Inverted #e4e4e4 Grayscale 

Platinum
#e4e4e6  rgb(228, 228, 230)  hsl(240, 4%, 90%)  Platinum
#e6e6e4  rgb(230, 230, 228)  hsl(60, 4%, 90%)  Platinum
#e6e4e4  rgb(230, 228, 228)  hsl(0, 4%, 90%)  Platinum
#e4e6e4  rgb(228, 230, 228)  hsl(120, 4%, 90%)  Platinum