Colour

#DBDAD8

#DBDAD8
Near-white
Light
Nearest: Gainsboro

#DBDAD8 is a near-white with RGB values 219, 218, 216 and HSL 40°, 4%, 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

#DBDAD8#DBDAD8

HEX#DBDAD8

RGBrgb(219, 218, 216)

RGB (0–1)0.8588, 0.8549, 0.8471

RGB percentages85.9%, 85.5%, 84.7%

HSLhsl(40, 4%, 85.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(40, 1.4%, 85.9%)

CMYK0%, 0.5%, 1.4%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,408,408

CSS custom property--colour: #DBDAD8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70161WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness218.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.03:1

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

Contrast with black15.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DADADA

Inverted#242527

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DBDAD8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0 from the original

Deuteranopia#DBDAD8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0 from the original

Tritanopia#DCDAD9no 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 text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 1.3 Light grey · ΔE 2.7 Silver · ΔE 9.4 White smoke · ΔE 9.5 Linen · ΔE 9.7 Sea shell · ΔE 10.8

Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 1.3, 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#D8D9DB

Analogous#DBD9D8, #DBDBD8

Triadic#D8DBDA, #DAD8DB

Split complementary#D8DBDB, #D9D8DB

Tetradic#D8DBD9, #D8D9DB, #DBD8DB

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%#C3C1BD

Darker −20%#AAA8A3

Darker −30%#928F88

Darker −40%#78756F

More saturated +25%#E4DDCF

Less saturated −25%#DADADA

Channel breakdown

R219

G218

B216

Red219 (85.9%)

Green218 (85.5%)

Blue216 (84.7%)

Hue40°

Saturation (HSL)4%

Lightness85.29%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DB · G DA · B D8

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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