Platinum `#E5E4E2`

Platinum (#E5E4E2) is a near-white neutral with an OKLCH hue of 85°, lightness 0.92 and chroma 0.003. In practice it behaves as a background color — quiet over large surfaces.

Color values

HEX	`#E5E4E2`
RGB	`rgb(229, 228, 226)`
HSL	`hsl(40, 5%, 89%)`
HSV	`hsv(40, 1%, 90%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 0%, 1%, 10%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(90.6 0 1.1)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.919 0.003 85)`

How Platinum behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Platinum shifts subtly: takes on a orange cast, gains intensity; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 2.2), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #eeded3 — ΔE 2.2, shifts subtly: takes on a orange cast, gains intensity
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #ede5dd — ΔE 1.3, shifts only faintly, with no single dominant change
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #e5e4e2 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #e5e5e5 — ΔE 0.4, is virtually unchanged

Test Platinum in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 1.27:1 and against black 16.53:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.

Colors that go with Platinum

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#e5e4e2 · #cac9c7 · #a3a2a0 · #7d7c7b · #5a5958 · #383837

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#e5e4e2 · #f0c99e · #e2b295 · #d09d8e · #bb8988 · #a57781

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#e5e4e2 · #b9cab2 · #b7a276 · #719163 · #79663f · #42523c

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#e5e4e2 · #c7c0b1 · #aa9d81 · #877c64 · #415580 · #2a2315

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#e5e4e2 · #c4c7ce · #8f8b81 · #515458 · #262218 · #010103

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#e5e4e2 · #aeadac · #8d8d8c · #494847 · #2a2a28 · #edbc4d

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#e5e4e2 · #c0c7d6 · #798bb0 · #3f537d · #122041 · #0e0600

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#e5e4e2 · #c0c7d6 · #6792ab · #564b79 · #002638 · #010006

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#e5e4e2 · #b7ccce · #5e969c · #68456b · #311633 · #000304

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#e5e4e2 · #b9ccc6 · #649789 · #3f537d · #391324 · #000008

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#e9e9e7 · #eeedec · #f2f2f1 · #f6f6f5 · #fbfbfa

Shades

#bfbebc · #999897 · #737271 · #4c4c4b · #262626

Using Platinum

Its high lightness and low chroma make it a natural background or large-surface color.