Colour

#DBDCDF

#DBDCDF
Near-white
Light
Nearest: Gainsboro

#DBDCDF is a near-white with RGB values 219, 220, 223 and HSL 225°, 6%, 87%. 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

#DBDCDF#DBDCDF

HEX#DBDCDF

RGBrgb(219, 220, 223)

RGB (0–1)0.8588, 0.8627, 0.8745

RGB percentages85.9%, 86.3%, 87.5%

HSLhsl(225, 5.9%, 86.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(225, 1.8%, 87.5%)

CMYK1.8%, 1.3%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,408,927

CSS custom property--colour: #DBDCDF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71574WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness220 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.31:1

Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC

Inverted#242320

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

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

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

Tritanopia#DADDDDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.7 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 text15.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 1.6 Light grey · ΔE 3.6 White smoke · ΔE 8.9 Lavender · ΔE 9.7 Alice blue · ΔE 9.9 Lavender blush · ΔE 10.1

Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 1.6, 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#DFDEDB

Analogous#DBDEDF, #DCDBDF

Triadic#DFDBDC, #DCDFDB

Split complementary#DFDCDB, #DEDFDB

Tetradic#DFDBDE, #DFDEDB, #DBDFDC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F6F6F7

Darker −10%#C0C2C7

Darker −20%#A5A8AF

Darker −30%#8A8D97

Darker −40%#70747E

More saturated +25%#D3D8E8

Less saturated −25%#DDDDDD

Channel breakdown

R219

G220

B223

Red219 (85.9%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue223 (87.5%)

Hue225°

Saturation (HSL)5.88%

Lightness86.67%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DB · G DC · B DF

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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