What color is #E5E4E2?

#E5E4E2 is a light gray known as Platinum. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Platinum?

The RGB value is 229, 228, 226: 229 red, 228 green and 226 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Platinum?

The complementary color is #E2E3E5, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #E5E4E2?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 16.53:1 and white text 1.27:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Platinum color: hex code #E5E4E2

#E5E4E2 rgb(229, 228, 226)

Shades of gray

Platinum has the hex code #E5E4E2. It is a light gray.

In the RGB color model it is made of 89.8% red, 89.4% green and 88.6% blue (229, 228, 226).

Its hue angle is 40°, with 5% saturation and 89% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 10% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 16.53:1).

Platinum (#E5E4E2) color codes

HEX	`#E5E4E2`
RGB	`rgb(229, 228, 226)`
RGB percent	`rgb(89.8%, 89.4%, 88.6%)`
HSL	`hsl(40, 5%, 89%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(40, 1%, 90%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 0%, 1%, 10%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(90.61, -0.02, 1.09)`
CIE LCH	`lch(90.61, 1.09, 90.96)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(73.782, 77.636, 83.035)`
Decimal	`15066338`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Platinum, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #E5E4E2	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	16.53:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	1.27:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#E5E4E2 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	1.27:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	16.53:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #E5E4E2 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #e5e4e2; }
.text { color: #e5e4e2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e5e4e2; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(229 228 226 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #e5e4e2, #e4e5e2); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

See #E5E4E2 on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #E5E4E2?: #E5E4E2 is a light gray known as Platinum. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Platinum?: The RGB value is 229, 228, 226: 229 red, 228 green and 226 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Platinum?: The complementary color is #E2E3E5, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #E5E4E2?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 16.53:1 and white text 1.27:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.