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Colour

#DAD8DA

  • #DAD8DA
  • Near-white
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#DAD8DA is a near-white with RGB values 218, 216, 218 and HSL 300°, 3%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#DAD8DA#DAD8DA
HEX#DAD8DA
RGBrgb(218, 216, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.8471, 0.8549
RGB percentages85.5%, 84.7%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(300, 2.6%, 85.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(300, 0.9%, 85.5%)
CMYK0%, 0.9%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,342,362
CSS custom property--colour: #DAD8DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69079WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness216.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.82:1
Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#252725

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D8D8DAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#D8D9DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Tritanopia#DAD8D9no 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 text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 1.8Light grey · ΔE 2.4Silver · ΔE 8.9White smoke · ΔE 10.1Lavender blush · ΔE 10.7Lavender · ΔE 10.7
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 1.76, 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#D8DAD8
Analogous#D9D8DA, #DAD8D9
Triadic#DADAD8, #D8DADA
Split complementary#D9DAD8, #D8DAD9
Tetradic#DAD9D8, #D8DAD8, #D8D9DA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F3F2F3
Darker −10%#C1BEC1
Darker −20%#A8A4A8
Darker −30%#908990
Darker −40%#767076
More saturated +25%#E3CFE3
Less saturated −25%#D9D9D9

Channel breakdown

R218
G216
B218
Red218 (85.5%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue300°
Saturation (HSL)2.63%
Lightness85.1%
Dominant channelRed and Blue
Hex per channelR DA · G D8 · B DA

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