Colour

#DADAD8

#DADAD8
Near-white
Light
Nearest: Gainsboro

#DADAD8 is a near-white with RGB values 218, 218, 216 and HSL 60°, 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

#DADAD8#DADAD8

HEX#DADAD8

RGBrgb(218, 218, 216)

RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.8549, 0.8471

RGB percentages85.5%, 85.5%, 84.7%

HSLhsl(60, 2.6%, 85.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60, 0.9%, 85.5%)

CMYK0%, 0%, 0.9%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,342,872

CSS custom property--colour: #DADAD8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70006WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness217.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15:1

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

Contrast with black15:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DADADA

Inverted#252527

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DADAD8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0 from the original

Deuteranopia#DADAD8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0 from the original

Tritanopia#DADAD9no 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 text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 1.3 Light grey · ΔE 2.7 Silver · ΔE 9.4 White smoke · ΔE 9.6 Linen · ΔE 9.9 Sea shell · ΔE 11

Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 1.29, 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#D8D8DA

Analogous#DAD9D8, #D9DAD8

Triadic#D8DADA, #DAD8DA

Split complementary#D8D9DA, #D9D8DA

Tetradic#D8DAD9, #D8D8DA, #DAD8D9

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%#C1C1BE

Darker −20%#A8A8A4

Darker −30%#909089

Darker −40%#767670

More saturated +25%#E3E3CF

Less saturated −25%#D9D9D9

Channel breakdown

R218

G218

B216

Red218 (85.5%)

Green218 (85.5%)

Blue216 (84.7%)

Hue60°

Saturation (HSL)2.63%

Lightness85.1%

Dominant channelRed and Green

Hex per channelR DA · G DA · B D8

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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