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Recognised as Colour

#D8D7D6

  • #D8D7D6
  • Grey
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light grey

#D8D7D6 is a grey with RGB values 216, 215, 214 and HSL 30°, 2%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light grey.

Colour values

#D8D7D6#D8D7D6
HEX#D8D7D6
RGBrgb(216, 215, 214)
RGB (0–1)0.8471, 0.8431, 0.8392
RGB percentages84.7%, 84.3%, 83.9%
HSLhsl(30, 2.5%, 84.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(30, 0.9%, 84.7%)
CMYK0%, 0.5%, 0.9%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,211,030
CSS custom property--colour: #D8D7D6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68055WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness215.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.61:1
Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7
Inverted#272829

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D7D7D6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#D8D7D6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0 from the original
Tritanopia#D8D7D7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 0.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light grey · ΔE 1.6Gainsboro · ΔE 1.8Silver · ΔE 8.4White smoke · ΔE 10.5Linen · ΔE 10.8Lavender blush · ΔE 11.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight grey (#D3D3D3)ΔE 1.61, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familygrey
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D6D7D8
Analogous#D8D6D6, #D8D8D6
Triadic#D6D8D7, #D7D6D8
Split complementary#D6D8D8, #D6D6D8
Tetradic#D6D8D6, #D6D7D8, #D8D6D8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F1F1F0
Darker −10%#BFBEBC
Darker −20%#A6A4A2
Darker −30%#8D8B88
Darker −40%#74716E
More saturated +25%#E2D7CC
Less saturated −25%#D7D7D7

Channel breakdown

R216
G215
B214
Red216 (84.7%)
Green215 (84.3%)
Blue214 (83.9%)
Hue30°
Saturation (HSL)2.5%
Lightness84.31%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR D8 · G D7 · B D6

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