Colour

#DADCDD

#DADCDD
Near-white
Light
Nearest: Gainsboro

#DADCDD is a near-white with RGB values 218, 220, 221 and HSL 200°, 4%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#DADCDD#DADCDD

HEX#DADCDD

RGBrgb(218, 220, 221)

RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.8627, 0.8667

RGB percentages85.5%, 86.3%, 86.7%

HSLhsl(200, 4.2%, 86.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(200, 1.4%, 86.7%)

CMYK1.4%, 0.5%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,343,389

CSS custom property--colour: #DADCDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71312WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness219.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.26:1

Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC

Inverted#252322

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

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

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

Tritanopia#D9DCDCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 0.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 0.9 Light grey · ΔE 3.2 White smoke · ΔE 8.9 Silver · ΔE 10 Alice blue · ΔE 10.2 Linen · ΔE 10.4

Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 0.89, indistinguishable to the eye

Hue familynear-white

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DDDBDA

Analogous#DADDDD, #DADBDD

Triadic#DDDADC, #DCDDDA

Split complementary#DDDADB, #DDDDDA

Tetradic#DDDADD, #DDDBDA, #DBDDDA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F5F5F5

Darker −10%#BFC3C5

Darker −20%#A5AAAC

Darker −30%#8A9194

Darker −40%#71777A

More saturated +25%#D1DFE6

Less saturated −25%#DCDCDC

Channel breakdown

R218

G220

B221

Red218 (85.5%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue221 (86.7%)

Hue200°

Saturation (HSL)4.23%

Lightness86.08%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DA · G DC · B DD

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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