Colour

#DAD9D8

#DAD9D8
Near-white
Light
Nearest: Gainsboro

#DAD9D8 is a near-white with RGB values 218, 217, 216 and HSL 30°, 3%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#DAD9D8#DAD9D8

HEX#DAD9D8

RGBrgb(218, 217, 216)

RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.851, 0.8471

RGB percentages85.5%, 85.1%, 84.7%

HSLhsl(30, 2.6%, 85.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(30, 0.9%, 85.5%)

CMYK0%, 0.5%, 0.9%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,342,616

CSS custom property--colour: #DAD9D8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69489WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness217.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.9:1

Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9

Inverted#252627

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D9D9D8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#DAD9D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0 from the original

Tritanopia#DAD9D9no 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 text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 1.2 Light grey · ΔE 2.3 Silver · ΔE 9.1 White smoke · ΔE 9.8 Linen · ΔE 10.2 Lavender blush · ΔE 11

Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 1.2, 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#D8D9DA

Analogous#DAD8D8, #DADAD8

Triadic#D8DAD9, #D9D8DA

Split complementary#D8DADA, #D8D8DA

Tetradic#D8DAD8, #D8D9DA, #DAD8DA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F3F3F2

Darker −10%#C1C0BE

Darker −20%#A8A6A4

Darker −30%#908C89

Darker −40%#767370

More saturated +25%#E3D9CF

Less saturated −25%#D9D9D9

Channel breakdown

R218

G217

B216

Red218 (85.5%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue216 (84.7%)

Hue30°

Saturation (HSL)2.63%

Lightness85.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DA · G D9 · B D8

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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