Nearest-color comparison

Alabaster vs Platinum

Alabaster and Platinum are different yellow and gray colors with HEX values #EDEAE0 and #E5E4E2. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 10.2, their contrast ratio is 1.06:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Alabaster and Platinum are very close colors. Alabaster is the lighter option. Alabaster reads warmer. Their mutual contrast is 1.06:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Alabaster#EDEAE0

Platinum#E5E4E2

Quick Difference Summary

The main measurable differences between Alabaster and Platinum across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.

RGB distance10.2

Pair contrast1.06:1

Luminance delta0.0459

Hue delta6 deg

Lighter colorAlabaster

More saturatedAlabaster

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

yellow color

Alabaster

Alabaster is #EDEAE0, a warm yellow color with light character. Compared with Platinum, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for backgrounds, typography, and product surfaces, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#EDEAE0 RGB237, 234, 224 HSL46, 27, 90 CMYK0, 1, 5, 7 Luminance0.8223 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

gray color

Platinum

Platinum is #E5E4E2, a neutral gray color with light character. Compared with Alabaster, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for backgrounds, typography, and product surfaces, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#E5E4E2 RGB229, 228, 226 HSL40, 5, 89 CMYK0, 0, 1, 10 Luminance0.7764 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Alabaster or Platinum

Choose AlabasterAlabaster is better when the design needs light yellow character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #EDEAE0.

Choose PlatinumPlatinum is better when the design needs light gray character, neutral temperature, and the specific HEX value #E5E4E2.

Use togetherUse these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs.

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyAlabasterPlatinum

HEX#EDEAE0#E5E4E2

RGB237, 234, 224229, 228, 226

HSL46, 27, 9040, 5, 89

CMYK0, 1, 5, 70, 0, 1, 10

FamilyYellowGray

TemperatureWarmNeutral

ToneLightLight

Luminance0.82230.7764

Black contrast17.45:116.53:1

White contrast1.2:11.27:1

Shared tonesLight

Accessibility and Contrast

Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.

Alabasterblack text - 17.45:1

Platinumblack text - 16.53:1

Related Palette Strip

A compact visual strip showing the two compared colors with nearby harmony and variant context.

Alabaster#EDEAE0

Platinum#E5E4E2

White#FFFFFF

#DFE2EC#DFE2EC

#E2E2E4#E2E2E4

colorsBoth named color records with HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK, luminance, WCAG, and links

differencesRGB distance, HSL deltas, luminance delta, contrast, and shared attributes

accessibilityPair contrast and safer text choices for each color

useCasesWhen to choose each color and when to use them together

relatedApiMachine-readable comparison and color endpoints

Structured sections

Colors

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    "name": "Alabaster",
    "hex": "#EDEAE0",
    "rgb": [
      237,
      234,
      224
    ],
    "hsl": [
      46,
      27,
      90
    ],
    "cmyk": [
      0,
      1,
      5,
      7
    ],
    "family": "yellow",
    "temperature": "warm",
    "tone": [
      "light"
    ],
    "luminance": 0.8223,
    "contrast": {
      "black": 17.45,
      "white": 1.2
    },
    "wcag": {
      "AA": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "AAA": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ]
    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 17.45
    },
    "description": "Alabaster is #EDEAE0, a warm yellow color with light character. Compared with Platinum, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for backgrounds, typography, and product surfaces, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/alabaster/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/alabaster.json"
  },
  {
    "slug": "platinum",
    "name": "Platinum",
    "hex": "#E5E4E2",
    "rgb": [
      229,
      228,
      226
    ],
    "hsl": [
      40,
      5,
      89
    ],
    "cmyk": [
      0,
      0,
      1,
      10
    ],
    "family": "gray",
    "temperature": "neutral",
    "tone": [
      "light"
    ],
    "luminance": 0.7764,
    "contrast": {
      "black": 16.53,
      "white": 1.27
    },
    "wcag": {
      "AA": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "AAA": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ]
    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 16.53
    },
    "description": "Platinum is #E5E4E2, a neutral gray color with light character. Compared with Alabaster, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for backgrounds, typography, and product surfaces, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/platinum/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/platinum.json"
  }
]

Differences

{
  "rgbDistance": 10.2,
  "contrastRatio": 1.06,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 6,
    "saturation": 22,
    "lightness": 1
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.0459,
  "sameFamily": false,
  "sameTemperature": false,
  "sharedTones": [
    "light"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Alabaster",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Alabaster"
}

Accessibility

{
  "pairContrastRatio": 1.06,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Alabaster",
      "background": "#EDEAE0",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 17.45
    },
    {
      "color": "Platinum",
      "background": "#E5E4E2",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 16.53
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

{
  "chooseFirstWhen": "Alabaster is better when the design needs light yellow character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #EDEAE0.",
  "chooseSecondWhen": "Platinum is better when the design needs light gray character, neutral temperature, and the specific HEX value #E5E4E2.",
  "useTogetherWhen": "Use these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs."
}

Related API

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  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/compare/alabaster-vs-platinum.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/alabaster.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/platinum.json"
]

Full JSON dataset

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  "summary": "Alabaster and Platinum are different yellow and gray colors with HEX values #EDEAE0 and #E5E4E2. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 10.2, their contrast ratio is 1.06:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.",
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        46,
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    {
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        89
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      "description": "Platinum is #E5E4E2, a neutral gray color with light character. Compared with Alabaster, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for backgrounds, typography, and product surfaces, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/platinum/",
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