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#E4E4EA

#e4e4ea ≈ Gainsboro

  • gray
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Neutral
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#e4e4ea is a color from the gray family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.41% red, 89.41% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 2.56% cyan, 2.56% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 240°, with 12.5% saturation and 90.59% 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 16.58:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Gainsboro (#dcdcdc), ΔE 3.63.

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Relative luminance0.7792

Complementary

  1. #e4e4ea
  2. #eaeae4

Split complementary

  1. #e4e4ea
  2. #eae7e4
  3. #e7eae4

Analogous

  1. #e4e7ea
  2. #e4e4ea
  3. #e7e4ea

Triadic

  1. #e4e4ea
  2. #eae4e4
  3. #e4eae4

Tetradic

  1. #e4e4ea
  2. #eae4ea
  3. #eaeae4
  4. #e4eae4

Square

  1. #e4e4ea
  2. #eae4e7
  3. #eaeae4
  4. #e4eae7

Monochromatic

  1. #8e8ea7
  2. #b9b9c9
  3. #e4e4ea
  4. #f4f4f6
  5. #f4f4f6

Shades

#e4e4ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e4e4ea
  2. #cdcdd3
  3. #b6b6bb
  4. #a0a0a4
  5. #89898c
  6. #727275
  7. #5b5b5e
  8. #444446
  9. #2e2e2f
  10. #171717
  11. #000000

Tints

#e4e4ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e4e4ea
  2. #e7e7ec
  3. #e9e9ee
  4. #ececf0
  5. #efeff2
  6. #f2f2f5
  7. #f4f4f7
  8. #f7f7f9
  9. #fafafb
  10. #fcfcfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e4e4ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e4e4ea
  2. #dadadf
  3. #d0d0d5
  4. #c6c6ca
  5. #bcbcc0
  6. #b2b2b5
  7. #a8a8aa
  8. #9e9ea0
  9. #949495
  10. #8a8a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e4e4e4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e4e4e7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e3e5ea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e3e4ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e3e5e6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e3e4ea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e3e4ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e3e5e8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e4e4ea {
  color: #e4e4ea;
}
Background
.bg-e4e4ea {
  background-color: #e4e4ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e4e4ea {
  border: 2px solid #e4e4ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e4e4ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 228 228 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 240 13% 91%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e4e4ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e4e4ea, #e7e4ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e4e4ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(228 228 234 / 0.35);
}

#dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 3.63 #e5e4e2 Platinum ΔE 4.12 #f8f8ff Ghost White ΔE 4.25 #f5f5f5 White Smoke ΔE 4.68 #f8f4ff Magnolia ΔE 4.83 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 5.04 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 5.04 #1b1b15 Inverted #e4e4e4 Grayscale 

Gainsboro
#e4e4ea  rgb(228, 228, 234)  hsl(240, 13%, 91%)  Gainsboro
#eaeae4  rgb(234, 234, 228)  hsl(60, 13%, 91%)  Platinum
#eae4e4  rgb(234, 228, 228)  hsl(0, 13%, 91%)  Platinum
#e4eae4  rgb(228, 234, 228)  hsl(120, 13%, 91%)  Platinum