What colors make Platinum?
On this page, you will find the Platinum Hex, RGB, Hue Saturation Light (HSL), and CMYK color codes. We also include shades and variations of Platinum, color palettes, and related colors.
Platinum color code
The Platinum hex code is #E5E4E2. The Platinum hex code can be quantified in RGB values which represent the amount of Red, Green and Blue color channels. The RGB value is an estimated amount of red, green, and blue color to create the color Platinum. The RGB estimate is:
- Red: #E5 in Hex amounts to 90%
- Green: #E4 in Hex amounts to 89%
- Blue: #E2 in Hex amounts to 89%
Platinum in HSL
HSL is an acronym which stands for Hue, Saturation, and Lightness. HSL was developed for television and standardized for computer displays.
Hue is the perceived color name. Saturation is the "colorfulness" relative to the color's brightness. Brightness is our human eye's quantifed perception of the spectral light distribution. Lightness is the color brightness relative to a perceived similarly illuminated white.
Brightness and "colorfulness" are absolute measures, while Lightness and and Saturation are relative measures.
Platinum is 40deg, 5%, 89% HSL.
- Hue: 40deg
- Saturation: 5%
- Light: 89%
Platinum color in CMYK color model
The CMYK color model is commonly used in printing. The CMYK acronym stands for Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Key. Where key is black. Since the black color is the absence of light, the CMYK is a subtractive color model. White light minus red is cyan, minus green is magenta, minus blue is yellow.
Platinum is 0% 0% 1% 10% CMYK.
- Cyan: 0%
- Magenta: 0%
- Yellow: 1%
- Key (or Black): 10%
Different shades of Platinum
According to its HSL value, Platinum contains about 89% of brightness.
Below are the all the values in HEX, HSL and CMYK color spaces for each shade variations:
- Hex HSL CMYK
- #E6E5E4 40deg, 5%, 90% 0%, 0%, 1%, 99%
- #CECCC9 40deg, 5%, 80% 0%, 0%, 2%, 99%
- #B6B3AE 40deg, 5%, 70% 0%, 1%, 4%, 99%
- #9E9A93 40deg, 5%, 60% 0%, 2%, 7%, 99%
- #868178 40deg, 5%, 50% 0%, 3%, 10%, 99%
- #6B6760 40deg, 5%, 40% 0%, 3%, 10%, 99%
- #504D48 40deg, 5%, 30% 0%, 3%, 10%, 99%
- #353330 40deg, 5%, 20% 0%, 3%, 10%, 99%
- #1A1918 40deg, 5%, 10% 0%, 3%, 10%, 99%
Accessibility tips when using the color Platinum
Ensure your content remains available to the broadest possible audience. Make sure the text color has enough contrast with its background. When using Platinum on text, we recommend you use black for the background.
The reason Platinum contrasts better with a black background is because Platinum has a degree of brightness of 89% which provides better contrast on a dark background.
The Platinum color palette hex codes.
There are a few color palettes available when working with Platinum, but below is our favorite:
- Pearl Brite
#E6E6E3 - Apollo Landing
#E5E5E1 - Shaving Cream
#E1E5E5 - Placebo
#E7E7E7
By interpolating Hue and Saturation values, we can also generate great color palettes inspired from Platinum
- Placebo
#E7E7E7 - Pearl Brite
#E6E6E3 - Apollo Landing
#E5E5E1 - Shaving Cream
#E1E5E5 - Jupiter
#E1E1E2 - Festive Ferret
#DFDFE5
Below is a series of palettes generated from the color Platinum:
Palette variances of 3 colors:
- #E2E4E2
- #E3E4E2
- #E4E3E2
- #E2E2E4
- #E2E4E3
- #E4E3E2
- #E2E4E4
- #E2E4E2
- #E4E3E2
Palette variances of 4 colors:
- #E2E4E2
- #E3E4E2
- #E4E4E2
- #E4E3E2
- #E2E4E4
- #E2E4E2
- #E3E4E2
- #E4E3E2
- #E4E3E2
- #E4E2E2
- #E4E2E2
- #E4E2E3
Palette variances of 5 colors:
- #E3E4E2
- #E4E3E2
- #E4E2E2
- #E4E2E4
- #E2E2E4
- #E4E3E2
- #E4E2E2
- #E4E2E4
- #E2E2E4
- #E2E4E4
- #E4E3E2
- #E4E2E2
- #E4E2E4
- #E2E2E4
- #E2E3E4
Palette variances of 6 colors:
- #E3E4E2
- #E4E3E2
- #E4E2E2
- #E4E2E4
- #E2E2E4
- #E2E4E4
- #E2E2E4
- #E2E4E4
- #E2E4E3
- #E3E4E2
- #E4E3E2
- #E4E2E2
- #E2E2E4
- #E2E4E4
- #E2E4E2
- #E3E4E2
- #E4E3E2
- #E4E2E2
You will find specific color values of Platinum on this page. For example, the Platinum HEX color code is #E5E4E2. We offer a variety of color palette, variances, and an expert color mixer to develop color schemes. Related colors for Platinum are:
- Pearl Brite color code is (230.0, 230.0, 227.0).
- Apollo Landing color code is (229.0, 229.0, 225.0).
- Shaving Cream color code is (225.0, 229.0, 229.0).
- Placebo color code is (231.0, 231.0, 231.0).
- Jupiter color code is (225.0, 225.0, 226.0).
- Festive Ferret color code is (223.0, 223.0, 229.0).
- Pegasus color code is (232.0, 233.0, 228.0).
- White Elephant color code is (222.0, 222.0, 229.0).
- Glacial Ice color code is (234.0, 233.0, 231.0).
- Serene color code is (220.0, 227.0, 228.0).
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A third component we provide on this page is color shades. For example, shades of Platinum include Pearl Brite, Apollo Landing, Shaving Cream, Placebo, Jupiter, Festive Ferret, Pegasus, White Elephant, Glacial Ice, and Serene. We offer nine tints and shades for each color. A color shade is found by adjusting the color saturation to find a darker hue. A color tint is a lighter color. For example, pink is a tint of red.
