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Recognised as Colour

#DADBD8

  • #DADBD8
  • Near-white
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#DADBD8 is a near-white with RGB values 218, 219, 216 and HSL 80°, 4%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#DADBD8#DADBD8
HEX#DADBD8
RGBrgb(218, 219, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.8588, 0.8471
RGB percentages85.5%, 85.9%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(80, 4%, 85.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(80, 1.4%, 85.9%)
CMYK0.5%, 0%, 1.4%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,343,128
CSS custom property--colour: #DADBD8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70526WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness218.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.11:1
Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB
Inverted#252427

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DBDBD8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#DBDBD8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#DADBDAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 1.7Light grey · ΔE 3.1White smoke · ΔE 9.4Linen · ΔE 9.7Silver · ΔE 9.7Sea shell · ΔE 10.8
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 1.69, 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#D9D8DB
Analogous#DBDBD8, #D9DBD8
Triadic#D8DADB, #DBD8DA
Split complementary#D8D9DB, #DBD8DB
Tetradic#D8DBDB, #D9D8DB, #DBD8D9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F3F3F3
Darker −10%#C1C3BD
Darker −20%#A8AAA3
Darker −30%#8F9288
Darker −40%#75786F
More saturated +25%#DDE4CF
Less saturated −25%#DADADA

Channel breakdown

R218
G219
B216
Red218 (85.5%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue80°
Saturation (HSL)4%
Lightness85.29%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR DA · G DB · B D8

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