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Colour

#DBDCDD

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

#DBDCDD is a near-white with RGB values 219, 220, 221 and HSL 210°, 3%, 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

#DBDCDD#DBDCDD
HEX#DBDCDD
RGBrgb(219, 220, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.8588, 0.8627, 0.8667
RGB percentages85.9%, 86.3%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(210, 2.9%, 86.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210, 0.9%, 86.7%)
CMYK0.9%, 0.5%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,408,925
CSS custom property--colour: #DBDCDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71467WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness219.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.29:1
Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC
Inverted#242322

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DCDCDDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#DBDCDDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0 from the original
Tritanopia#DBDCDCno 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 text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 0.6Light grey · ΔE 3.2White smoke · ΔE 8.8Silver · ΔE 10Alice blue · ΔE 10.2Linen · ΔE 10.3
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 0.63, indistinguishable to the eye
Hue familynear-white
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DDDCDB
Analogous#DBDDDD, #DBDBDD
Triadic#DDDBDC, #DCDDDB
Split complementary#DDDBDB, #DDDDDB
Tetradic#DDDBDD, #DDDCDB, #DBDDDB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F5F6F6
Darker −10%#C1C3C4
Darker −20%#A7A9AB
Darker −30%#8C9093
Darker −40%#737679
More saturated +25%#D2DCE6
Less saturated −25%#DCDCDC

Channel breakdown

R219
G220
B221
Red219 (85.9%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue210°
Saturation (HSL)2.86%
Lightness86.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DB · G DC · B DD

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