Colour

#D8DADA

#D8DADA
Near-white
Light
Nearest: Gainsboro

#D8DADA is a near-white with RGB values 216, 218, 218 and HSL 180°, 3%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#D8DADA#D8DADA

HEX#D8DADA

RGBrgb(216, 218, 218)

RGB (0–1)0.8471, 0.8549, 0.8549

RGB percentages84.7%, 85.5%, 85.5%

HSLhsl(180, 2.6%, 85.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(180, 0.9%, 85.5%)

CMYK0.9%, 0%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,211,802

CSS custom property--colour: #D8DADA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69804WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness217.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.96:1

Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DADADA

Inverted#272525

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DADADAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#D9D9DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#D7DADAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 1.1 Light grey · ΔE 2.5 Silver · ΔE 9.2 White smoke · ΔE 9.7 Linen · ΔE 10.7 Alice blue · ΔE 11.1

Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 1.12, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familynear-white

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#DAD8D8

Analogous#D8DAD9, #D8D9DA

Triadic#DAD8DA, #DADAD8

Split complementary#DAD8D9, #DAD9D8

Tetradic#D9D8DA, #DAD8D8, #D9DAD8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F2F3F3

Darker −10%#BEC1C1

Darker −20%#A4A8A8

Darker −30%#899090

Darker −40%#707676

More saturated +25%#CFE3E3

Less saturated −25%#D9D9D9

Channel breakdown

R216

G218

B218

Red216 (84.7%)

Green218 (85.5%)

Blue218 (85.5%)

Hue180°

Saturation (HSL)2.63%

Lightness85.1%

Dominant channelGreen and Blue

Hex per channelR D8 · G DA · B DA

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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